Season 2 Episode 4: The long awaited Tesla Plaid is finally here, Google Threatens to leave Australia & it might be time to finally dump WhatsApp - a podcast by Ben

This week on the podcast we start off with the long await for Plaid update to the Tesla Model S & X. They have make some interesting design choices with their updated interior and as usual the specs are ludicrous!

Google has threatened to withdraw their products from the Australian market as the battle over the future of news heats up.

Users are leaving Whatsapp in droves and switching to Signal as the company deepens its roots with their parent company Google. 

From today's podcast:

Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/en_au

Alternatives to Google: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/if-google-does-pull-its-search-engine-out-of-australia-there-are-alternatives_1

Google's Open Letter to Australia: https://about.google/google-in-australia/an-open-letter/

ACCC vows to pursue Google's ad dominance: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-28/accc-pursues-google-ad-dominance-facebook-tech-giants-news-code/13098804

Signal vs iMessage vs WhatsApp vs Facebook Messenger: https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/04/app-privacy-labels-messaging-apps/

Wired article on WhatsApp: https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-facebook-data-share-notification/

6 Alternatives to WhatsApp: https://yourstory.com/2021/01/whatsapp-alternatives-secure-private-messaging-apps

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