EXCLUSIVE: Lots of Drama Around OnePlus

This week, the crew sits down to chat about everything from ads in ChatGPT and Threads to some OnePlus drama that just leads to reminiscing about old OnePlus phones. There is also a whole lot of new features coming to YouTube that we couldn't help but discuss. Enjoy!

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:57 - Netflix Introduces Live Voting
00:05:13 - OpenAI adding ads
00:13:48 - Nova Launcher news
00:17:40 - Sony + TCL
00:22:40 - Threads is getting Ads
00:30:03 - Ad break
00:30:13 - OnePlus Drama
00:51:55 - Ad break
00:52:05 Verizon Outage
00:56:19 - YouTube State of the Union
01:16:24 - Trivia

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Links:
TechCrunch - Netflix live voting feature: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/netflix-is-rolling-out-a-live-voting-feature/
Reddit - Taipei 101 ball: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/xhpg44/the_taipei_101_stabilizing_ball_during_the_72/
OpenAI - Ads on ChatGPT: https://openai.com/es-419/index/our-approach-to-advertising-and-expanding-access/
Verge - Sony x TCL: https://www.theverge.com/tech/864745/sony-tcl-tvs-partnership-explained
Android Headlines - OnePlus article: https://www.androidheadlines.com/exclusive-oneplus-collapse
YouTube - State of the Union: https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/the-future-of-youtube-2026/

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Corrections:
01:16:02 He is not 8.5 feet tall, he’s 260cm tall (I bet this didn't even work)