The Sideload episode 41 puts Google's Pixel 11 under early scrutiny. Hosts Ben Schoon and Will examine whether the device can genuinely reconcile always-on AI assistant functionality with deliberate digital wellbeing design, two goals that have historically worked against each other.
The episode's second major thread is more corrosive: AI-generated ads and posters, and what they are actually doing to creators who try to monetize them. The hosts do not land softly on this question.
The full conversation runs on YouTube, Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. The Pixel 11 tension is worth hearing argued out loud, not just read in a spec sheet.
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