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On that word, right here had been a number of of our favorites this week.
- Apple as an Object Lesson in Platform Dominance. Ben was writing about Apple and its App Retailer insurance policies lengthy earlier than it was cool, so there’s nobody higher positioned to memorialize 15 years of handwringing and controversy now that Apple’s mountain of companies income is prone to crumbling. Tech mythologizes platforms and the significance of builders; the truth is that platforms have whole management, absent authorities regulation. See additionally our dialogue on Sharp Tech. — Andrew Sharp
- A Podcast for Everybody However Celtics Followers. It’s the most effective time of the 12 months for basketball followers, and whilst a grizzled NBA veteran, I’ve been blown away by how a lot enjoyable the playoffs have been. There are new faces and previous, and we’re getting upsets and on the spot classics on a near-nightly foundation. On Thursday the Washington Put up’s Ben Golliver and had a good time breaking all of it down — together with a pair of ghastly Boston Celtics collapses — forward of a giant weekend throughout the league. — AS
- A Phrase About Commerce and (Much less) Information. Sharp China was created with the obscure idea that China was each vital and under-covered, which ended up being fairly the understatement: Andrew and Invoice’s weekly protection of the commerce battle is a must-listen for everybody, each in tech and past. This week they cowl the most recent developments, together with talks in Switzerland, whereas managing expectations for any form of short-term decision. Extra usually, one of many causes Sharp China is important is as a result of laborious information is more and more sparse; Invoice’s level that this hurts China as nicely was an enchanting one. — Ben Thompson
Stratechery Articles and Updates
Dithering with Ben Thompson and Daring Fireball’s John Gruber
Asianometry with Jon Yu
Sharp China with Andrew Sharp and Sinocism’s Invoice Bishop
Biggest of All Speak with Andrew Sharp and WaPo’s Ben Golliver
Sharp Tech with Andrew Sharp and Ben Thompson
This week’s Asianometry video is on the unimaginable Femtosecond Laser.
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