The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz break down the chaotic and increasingly more expensive state of streaming video. Are we just recreating cable TV? And afterwards, the crew explores the wild world enterprise software. Further reading: Disney Plus and Hulu are about to get even more expensive: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23826500/disney-plus-hulu-no-ads-plan-price-increases The Emmy Awards are officially delayed because of the writers and actors strikes: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/10/23827049/emmy-awards-delay-writers-actors-strikes-date Disney is ‘actively exploring’ ways to crack down on password sharing: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23826310/disney-plus-password-sharing-earnings-q3-2023 What does Bob Iger think about selling Disney to Apple?: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/10/23827083/what-does-bob-iger-think-about-selling-disney-to-apple Paramount says it has a plan to weather the Hollywood strikes: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/7/23823650/paramount-says-it-has-a-plan-to-weather-the-hollywood-strikes Barbie earns $1 billion at the box office worldwide: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/6/23816979/barbie-box-office-earnings-greta-gerwig Verizon will soon raise prices on certain unlimited plans — yes, again: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23825947/verizon-go-beyond-above-unlimited-data-price-increase Slack’s redesign: new DM and Activity sections and more features in the messaging app: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23824562/slack-redesign-app-dms-activity-later Verizon is shutting down BlueJeans, which it bought for $400 million: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/8/23825112/verizon-bluejeans-shutting-down-sunset Zoom says its new AI tools aren’t stealing ownership of your content: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/7/23822907/zoom-train-ai-models-user-data-customer-consent The LK-99 ‘superconductor’ went viral — here’s what the experts think: https://www.theverge.com/23820077/lk-99-superconductor-experts Cadillac’s Escalade IQ is the next GM vehicle to lack Apple CarPlay: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/10/23827059/gm-no-carplay-android-auto-escalade-iq MrBeast’s burger company is suing him for $100 million: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/7/23822859/mrbeast-burger-virtual-dining-concepts-counter-lawsuit-ghost-kitchen You can now verify your Threads profile on Mastodon: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23826257/threads-verify-profile-mastodon-decentralized-platforms-fediverse 00:00 - Intro 01:50 - Streaming is chaotic and expensive 29:04 - Slack vs Teams 43:48 - Zoom gets in trouble 54:30 - RIP BlueJeans 1:00:41 - Listener emails 1:08:14 - Lightning Round The Vergecast Podcast: https://pod.link/430333725 Decoder with Nilay Patel: http://apple.co/3v29nDc Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv