MacVoices #26271: Live! - More Streaming Price Hikes, CoPilot Desperately Rebrands

It is happening again: Disney+ and Hulu are raising prices on their streaming services prices, inspiring the panel to discuss strategies for managing streaming costs, and free content alternatives. The conversation then turns to Microsoft dropping Copilot+ branding from new Surface PCs, Copilot's lacking enterprise presence, reports of human review of CoPilot user photos, and broader concerns about how Microsoft and Meta approach privacy.

The panel includes: Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, and Jim Rea.

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

00:23 Apple Watch Limitations With Multiple iPhones 01:33 Disney+ and Hulu Raise Prices Again 03:28 Rotating Streaming Services to Control Costs 05:31 Libraries and Other Streaming Alternatives 07:15 Discovering Hoopla and Libby 08:23 Microsoft Drops Copilot+ PC Branding 10:02 Copilot's Consumer and Enterprise Adoption 11:01 Is Rebranding the Answer for Copilot? 13:53 Copilot Photos and Human Reviewers 15:24 Copilot and Copilot 365 App Confusion 16:18 Microsoft vs. Meta on Customer Privacy 17:36 Meta Products and Data Harvesting 18:48 Zuckerberg, AI Development, and Privacy

Links:

Apple Intelligence is taking up to 30GB (or more) on some Macs running macOS 27

https://appleworld.today/2026/09/apple-intelligence-it-taking-up-to-30gb-or-more-on-some-macs-running-macos-27/

Ast-Ware Arts Launches Rosetta Radar, a Free Mac Utility That Finds the Apps That Will Stop Working https://appleworld.today/2026/09/ast-ware-arts-launches-rosetta-radar-a-free-mac-utility-that-finds-the-apps-that-will-stop-working/