Apple's best product ever
The Vergecast
The middle of Apple's canon
The hosts unpack ranks 30 through 11, debating the iPad 2, Mac mini, HyperCard, Apple Pay, AirDrop, AirPods, and the original iPad.
We love a ranking here on The Vergecast, and it’s time for the hardest one yet: David and Nilay compare notes on the 50 best products Apple has ever made, and see how their answers stack up to the many, many voters on The Verge this week. Before that, though, it’s time for a bit of AI news — surprise, it’s enterprise software! — and the comeback of the Hype Desk. After all that, and after the rankings, we do a round of Brendan Carr is a Dummy, talk about the fediverse, and repurpose our old iMacs.
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