Articles

  • Integrated Apple and App Store Risk

    WWDC highlighted how Apple’s differentiation is based on integration; the company ought not risk that differentiation for exploitive App Store policies.


  • Passport

    Announcing Passport, the new infrastructure supporting Stratechery.


  • App Store Arguments

    There are all kinds of arguments to make about the App Store, and nearly all of them are good ones; that’s why the best solution can only come from Apple.


  • Distribution and Demand

    Distribution on the Internet is free; what matters is controlling demand. AT&T and Verizon didn’t understand the distinction.


  • Cloudflare on the Edge

    Cloudflare is uniquely positioned to become a major player in an Internet 3.0 world, where politics matter more than economics.


  • Market-Making on the Internet

    More and more opportunities on the web come from market marking, not for advertisers, but for real goods and services paid for with real money.


  • Spotify’s Surprise

    Spotify’s new subscription podcast offerings embrace the open ecosystem of podcasts in multiple ways.


  • Podcast Subscriptions vs. the App Store

    Apple’s new Podcast Subscription service is what the App Store should be: a great Apple experience competing for customers.


  • Non-Fungible Taylor Swift

    Taylor Swift, like Dave Chappelle, is leveraging the power of the Internet to take control of their art.


  • Sovereign Writers and Substack

    Substack is at the center of media controversy, most of which misses the point that sovereign writers — not Substack — are in control.