01/15/2024: Apple breaks sensor to fix US ban threat, third-party App Stores may be coming soon, more Vision Pro news, free MLK book, China gets a small discount, Siri engineers asked to relocate, Crudup wins another Critic’s Choice award, and Apple still blocking Macs used for Beeper fiasco

Contact your host with questions, suggestions, or requests about sponsoring the AppleInsider Daily:[email protected](00:00) - 01 - Intro (00:15) - 02 - Apple breaks a feature to beat the ban (01:28) - 03 - Third party app stores coming ... to the EU only (02:41) - 04 - Apple Stores get storage drawers ... (03:07) - - Vision Pro has M2 alongside R1 chips (03:42) - 05 - QN: MLK remembered (04:12) - 06 - QN: Lunar New Year discount (04:40) - 07 - QN: Siri team consolidated (05:29) - 08 - QN: Crudup's award deja vu (06:03) - 09 - OTN: Google bars crypto apps in India (06:32) - 10 - Beeper users f'd around and found out (07:25) - 11 - Outro Links from the showApple's stripping out blood oxygen sensing from Apple Watch enough to skirt import banApple prepares to enable sideloading and App Store changes in EUApple Vision Pro storage cabinets appear in stores ahead of launchVision Pro has Mac mini's M2 processorApple marks Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with homepage memorialChina gets another iPhone discount for Lunar New YearApple offers Austin relocation to 121 San Diego employees in office closureApple TV+ falls flat at Critics Choice AwardsGoogle follows Apple in pulling crypto apps in IndiaBeeper Mini users find Macs banned from iMessage networkSubscribe to the AppleInsider podcast on:Apple PodcastsOvercastPocket CastsSpotifySubscribe to the HomeKit Insider podcast on:•  Apple Podcasts•  Overcast•  Pocket Casts•  Spotify