Tech News Weekly 209

• Lance Ulanoff talks about his OneZero article that asks whether Apple should just move on already in light of recent developments in the Apple v. Epic case.
• Joseph Cox from VICE walks through a new Bitcoin scam that's spreading on Instagram that requires victims to record hostage-style videos.
• Mikah gets very excited about Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Spaces software platform that aims to make augmented reality more widely accessible.
• Jason and Mikah kick around the good and the bad attached to YouTube's decision to begin hiding the dislike count from viewers.

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Links

• Is It Time for Apple To Give In?
• Judge Orders Apple to Allow External Payment Options for App Store by December 9th, Denying Stay
• Instagram Hacker Forces Victim to Make Hostage-Style Video
• Hostage-Style Bitcoin Scam Videos Are Spreading Across Instagram
• Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces Try to Make It Easier to Get Apps Ready for Augmented Reality
• YouTube Gives Dislikes the Thumbs-Down, Hides Public Counts