Double or nothing: Certain standards only get applied to Apple

If you’ve been in an induced coma for the year… well, congratulations. That sounds pretty sweet. But to catch you up on the connected home speaker wars, here’s how it’s gone while you were out:Before WWDC 2017: “APPLE MUST DELIVER A CONNECTED HOME SPEAKER SYSTEM OR BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE TIDES OF PROGRESS.”After WWDC 2017: “HOMEPOD IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND TOO LATE AND SIRI IS TOO WEAK, AMAZON IS LOCKING UP THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT MARKET.”That’