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  • Manifestos and Monopolies

    Facebook has long had too much power, but Mark Zuckerberg’s expressed willingness to use said power for political ends means it’s time to consider countermeasures.

  • Snap’s Apple Strategy

    Snap plans to win on innovation; we’ve known for 30 years, though, that that is not always enough.

  • Inspired Media

    The key for products and politicians used to be maximizing paid and earned media. What matters on the Internet, though, is inspired media.

  • The Great Unbundling

    It’s trivial to say that the Internet changed media; what is more interesting is unpacking how different types of media were affected, and why — and what might happen to TV.

  • The Ten Year Anniversary of the Apple TV

    Today is being marked as the 10-year anniversary of the iPhone; it is a footnote of history that it is also the 10-year anniversary of the Apple TV. It’s a reminder that we don’t know what innovations matter until they occur.

  • Alexa: Amazon’s Operating System

    Money is made at chokepoints, and the most valuable chokepoints are operating systems; Amazon is building exactly that with Alexa.

  • The 2016 Stratechery Year in Review

    The top posts on Stratechery in 2016

  • The State of Technology at the End of 2016

    The annual Stratechery review of the state of technology, and call to build products that unlock human potential

  • Opendoor: A Startup Worth Emulating

    OpenDoor has a unique yet high-risk approach to residential real estate; that’s a great thing, both for its prospects and for society.

  • How Google Is Challenging AWS

    AWS seems to have a dominant position in enterprise computing, but Google is trying to change the rules to favor their inherent strengths.