MacVoices #22156: MacVoices Live! - Apple Store Unionization, iPhone Customer Repairs (1)

<p>The MacVoices Live! panel of <strong>Chuck Joiner</strong>, <strong>David Ginsburg</strong>, <strong>Jay Miller</strong>, <strong>Jim Re</strong><strong>a</strong><strong>, Jeff Gamet</strong>, and <strong>Mark Fuccio</strong> start off discussing the recent vote by an Apple Store’s employees to unionize, Apple’s response, and what it means for all parties. Then, an article in the New York Times about the do-it-yourself iPhone repair option offered by Apple raised some blood pressures. (Part 1)</p> <p><a href="http://zocdoc.com/macvoices"><img height="108" alt="Zocdoc.com/macvoices" class=" wp-image-12535 aligncenter" src="http://www.macvoices.com/wp-content/uploads/zocdoc-300x132.png" width="245" /></a></p> <p>This edition of MacVoices is supported by <strong>Zocdoc</strong>. Find local doctors who take your insurance at <strong><a href="http://zocdoc.com/macvoices">Zocdoc.com/macvoices</a></strong>.</p> <p><!--more--></p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/apple-will-not-challenge-maryland-store-unionization-vote-2022-06-24/">Apple ready to bargain with its first U.S. store to unionize: source</a> </strong>on Reuters</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/technology/personaltech/apple-repair-program-iphone.html">I Tried Apple’s Self-Repair Program With My iPhone. Disaster Ensued</a> </strong>by Brian X. Chen on The New York Times</p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong></p> <p><strong>Mark Fuccio</strong> is actively involved in high tech startup companies, both as a principle at piqsure.com, or as a marketing advisor through his consulting practice Tactics Sells High Tech, Inc. Mark was a proud investor in Microsoft from the mid-1990's selling in mid 2000, and hopes one day that MSFT will be again an attractive investment. You can contact Mark through <a href="http://twitter.com/markfuccio"><strong>Twitter</strong></a> on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-t-fuccio/"><strong>LinkedIn</strong></a>.</p> <p><strong