Countries – Page 21 – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code, Breaking Down the Code, Australia’s Fake News

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Australia’s new media code forcing Google and Facebook to pay incumbent media companies is wrapped in dishonesty about the reality of the Internet.

New Huawei Rules, What Now for Huawei, Apple’s Brand and China Inc.

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

New Huawei rules may kill not only the company’s handset business, but also its base station business. Why hasn’t China yet retaliated against Apple?

The WeChat and TikTok Executive Orders, The Apple Angle, WeChat Abroad

Monday, August 10, 2020

New Executive Orders may block TikTok and WeChat from App Stores: how will Apple respond, and what is the human cost?

TikTok Key Money, Rule By Law, China Gaslighting

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Trump put TikTok’s potential sale to Microsoft in a new light, and it is an exceedingly ugly one.

Slack Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft; Tying in the U.S. and E.U.; Microsoft Concerns, Then and Now

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Slack has filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft, and the tying allegations may have legs. Still, the fact the complaint exists is a bearish signal.

Jio Follow-up, Google Cloud Next, Kurian vs. Google

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Jio has two big obstacles to success; then, while most didn’t pay attention to Google Cloud Next, the progress Thomas Kurian is making is impressive.

India, Jio, and the Four Internets

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

There are four Internets: China versus the U.S., and the E.U. and India. India’s potential new model rests on Jio.

Apple Wins E.U. Tax Case; Privacy Shield Struck Down; Bans, Censorship, and the First Amendment

Monday, July 20, 2020

Apple wins its EU tax case, while the privacy approaches of the US and EU are ruled incompatible. Then, why banning a network is different than censorship.

Xi Jinping Thought, Facebook’s Blindspot, The Moat Map Revisited

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

A follow-up to The TikTok War, including Xi Jinping’s ideology, Facebook’s blindspot, and why TikTok should be compared to YouTube.

The TikTok War

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

How TikTok exposed Facebook’s blindspot, thanks to its Chinese roots, and why those Chinese roots make TikTok a genuine concern.

The Opening Week in Review, Nuggets Darkness and Eastern Conference Angst, A True Catastrophe for OKC

The Opening Week in Review, Nuggets Darkness and Eastern Conference Angst, A True Catastrophe for OKC

The End of the Internet

Netflix Angst, The End of the Internet, Q&A on Meta’s VR Glasses, Anthropic Alignment, You Can See Everything

Meta Earnings, Muse and the Frontier, Musebook

Anthropic S-1, The Cost of Compute, Who Is Paying?

Sharp Tech on Video: Netflix Angst, the End of the Internet, and Meta’s VR Glasses

The Opening Week in Review, Nuggets Darkness and Eastern Conference Angst, A True Catastrophe for OKC

The End of the Internet

Netflix Angst, The End of the Internet, Q&A on Meta’s VR Glasses, Anthropic Alignment, You Can See Everything

An Interview with Craig Moffett About SpaceX and Bubbles