Today on the flagship podcast of audio over Wi-Fi: The Verge’s Chris Welch shares his review of Sonos's Ace headphones. MoviePass, MovieCrash director Muta’Ali and CEO of MoviePass Stacy Spikes discuss what went wrong with the MoviePass subscription service and how that story was documented in the film. Jennifer Pattison Tuohy answers a question from The Vergecast Hotline about smart home gadgets for renters. Links: Sonos Ace review: was it worth it?: https://www.theverge.com/24169086/sonos-ace-headphones-review Sonos CEO Patrick Spence addresses the company’s divisive app redesign: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/22/24162168/sonos-ceo-patrick-spence-new-app-design-interview MoviePass, MovieCrash review: a damning account of corporate greed: https://www.theverge.com/24160812/moviepass-moviecrash-review MoviePass is using you to ruin the movies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuV_G3xXYZ0 Home Assistant: Setting up the Aqara FP2 Presence Sensor - Derek Seaman's Tech Blog: https://www.derekseaman.com/2023/04/home-assistant-setting-up-the-aqara-fp2-presence-sensor.html Yale launches its first retrofit smart lock — the Yale Approach with Wi-Fi: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/11/24126764/yale-approach-smart-lock-price-release-date-specs The new Yale Keypad Touch brings fingerprint unlocking to August smart locks: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/21/24161777/august-smart-lock-yale-keypad-touch-fingerprint-unlock Aqara kick-starts its first Matter-over-Thread smart lock with a promise of Home Key support: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24084674/aqara-u200-matter-over-thread-smart-lock-apple-home-key The new Yale Keypad Touch brings fingerprint unlocking to August smart locks: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/21/24161777/august-smart-lock-yale-keypad-touch-fingerprint-unlock 00:00 - Intro + breakfast quest 02:17 - Sonos Ace review w/Chris Welch 23:29 - Sonos Ace mic quality 24:24 - Sonos Roam 2 thoughts 26:00 - The rise and fall of MoviePass 28:46 - Interview with MoviePass CEO + director of MoviePass, MovieCrash\ 35:45 - Racial bias and misconceptions in the MoviePass Story 40:29 - Could MoviePass have worked? 44:48 - The future of movie theaters and MoviePass 2.0 52:27 - Smart home for renters w/Jen Tuohy (Vergecast Hotline) Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX Follow on TikTok: http://bit.ly/42VeCVU The Vergecast Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/vergecast Decoder with Nilay Patel: https://link.chtbl.com/decoder More about our podcasts: https://www.theverge.com/podcasts Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv Wallpapers from The Verge: https://bit.ly/2xQXYJr If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may receive a commission without exerting any influence on editorial content. For more information about our ethics policy, visit: https://bit.ly/3P4bJgz