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It's now surprisingly easy to watch most of a movie without ever trying to, or to spend hours with a podcast without ever playing an episode. In the burgeoning clip economy, everything is being cut into bite-sized pieces and being blasted around the internet hoping to land in your feeds. The Verge's Mia Sato explains the machinery of how all this works, and wonders what it means for our social media experience. After that, The Verge's Victoria Song joins to discuss the Fitbit Air, the new $99 Google fitness tracker she and David have both been testing. It's a fascinating, thoroughly AI-ified device, and it actually has some pretty good ideas. (And some bad ones!) Finally, Vee sticks around to help David answer a question from the Vergecast Hotline (call 866-VERGE11 or email vergecast@theverge.com!) about smart glasses, and whether helping you find your other gear might just be a killer app.
00:00 Brick Your Phone
03:03 Industrial Clip Farms
05:08 How Clipping Platforms Work
07:15 Why Brands Want It
10:09 Clavicular Goes Viral
12:25 Is It Shady Marketing
19:26 Platforms vs Reuploads
24:30 Spammy Slop Future
33:19 Fitbit Air First Impressions
34:50 Purple Palette Proof
36:27 Why Fitbit Air Matters
38:19 Whoop Dupe Debate
40:01 Fitbit Back to Basics
42:36 Google Health AI Coach
44:25 AI Coach in a Crisis
48:33 Medical Records Friction
51:03 Privacy and Data Tradeoffs
01:04:34 Android XR and Future Glasses
01:08:11 Why Find My Matters Daily
01:11:49 Wrap Up
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