Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: uncertainty
26 Aug 2025 Acquired Google Part II: Alphabet
“The only icons and apps on the phone are the ones that Apple puts there. Two of the, I don’t know how many there were, 10, 12, 13 apps are Google apps.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- uncertainty
- Recorded
- 26 Aug 2025
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Google Part II: Alphabet
Transcript context
…This incredibly close collaboration. There are two apps that launch in the very first version of the iPhone. Remember it didn’t have an app store, it was not open to third party developers. There is a YouTube app and a Maps app, both of which are Google services now. The apps are written by Apple. The icons are designed by Apple. They’re basically just consuming Google’s data as APIs. The only icons and apps on the phone are the ones that Apple puts there. Two of the, I don’t know how many there were, 10, 12, 13 apps are Google apps. It’s wild by the way, the YouTube icon with the wood green tv, so awesome. So awesome. I heard the YouTube team absolutely detested it.…
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