Vergecast: Wordle’s App Store clones, FTC’s Meta lawsuit moves forward, and PC’s big year
The next subject of conversation focuses on the viral success of the web-based puzzle game Wordle and the race to clone it. The Vergecast walks you through the drama, resulting in a lot of Wordle clones being removed from Apple’s App Store.
Later on in the show, Verge deputy editor Dan Seifert comes by for this week’s device talk. On the docket: Canon printers abandoning their DRM toner (in the meantime), reports of the PC market experiencing its first huge development in a decade, and the takeaways from this year’s CES.
There’s a whole lot more gone over in this week’s program– like the White House hosting a tech summit, the bugginess of Android 12, and, of course, RCS discourse— so listen here or in your favored podcast player for the complete conversation.
Every Friday, The Verge releases our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where we discuss the week in tech news with the press reporters and editors covering the greatest stories.
Today on The Vergecast, Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Russell Brandom begin the program with news of federal judge James Boasberg permitting the FTC to continue with an antitrust lawsuit versus Meta. The team discusses why the case can go forward after a termination in 2015 and what can take place next.
Here’s a full list of stories discussed in this week’s show: