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Timestamps: (Courtesy of Michael O'Brien)
00:00:00 - Stream Start!
00:00:05 - Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the WAN Show!
00:00:47 - Topic #1: The Answer to the Ultim... Fortnite vs Apple & Google (Jump to 00:02:06)
00:00:59 - Topic #2: Starlink SpeedTest[.net] (Jump to 00:37:30)
00:01:05 - Topic #4: Tiger Lake details (not covered)
00:01:12 - Topic #3: Microsoft Surface Duo (Jump to 00:46:35)
00:01:23 - WAN Show INTRO!
00:02:06 - Topic #1: Morpheus vs Neo? (Fortnite vs The World)
00:03:07 - EPIC's plausible strategy
00:03:44 - Community feedback & Luke's 1st hand opinion
00:06:23 - Recap of the current issue & difference of services
00:09:01 - What has been happening as a result
00:10:17 - EPIC Repurposing Apple's "1984" & current role reversal
00:14:07 - Good for EPIC vs Apple/Google, but nothing small creators can do
00:15:27 - EPIC's tactics/propaganda in-game & monopoly and democracy
00:18:23 - EPIC's store vs App[le] Store vs Google Play Store
00:19:49 - Enterprise ecosystems
00:21:55 - What could Apple do to compromise?
00:24:52 - James' take on possible compromises
00:26:37 - Fornite taken off of Play Store, too
00:28:43 - US vs Microsoft legal precedent (referencing last week too)
00:30:27 - How to carve out your share in the market
00:33:02 - Wrapping up the topic
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00:37:30 - Topic #2: SpaceX beta test bandwidth testing
00:38:35 - Bandwidth vs area spec & archived claims
00:40:26 - Luke's posisited city-density-reduction effect
00:42:44 - Who's the average user/customer for Starlink?
00:44:35 - James' anecdotal TelCom experience, albeit common
00:45:37 - Except for Luke being treated well by the same TelCom
00:46:38 - Topic #3: Microsoft Surface Duo
00:46:42 - James' considered opinion
00:48:24 - Comparison to the Z Fold
00:50:27 - How costs are saved?
00:51:28 - Power vs Productivity vs Average users
00:54:26 - Luke's considered opinion
00:56:24 - The comparative user base & wrapping up
00:58:39 - Superchats? Luke & James have no Dashboard access
00:59:08 - This is the stream that never ends...
00:59:24 - Intro/Outro/Smoutro
00:59:49 - And attempts were made to end the stream
01:01:37 - Unofficial Topic: ASRock blacklists GN & HU
01:02:54 - Meme opportunity
01:04:01 - BYE!