Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

By Andrew Sharp and Ben ThompsonTechnology

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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson episodes

August 15, 2024 (Preview) Computing History and Android’s Future, More Adventures with Apple Policies, The Olympics and a Cord Bag Tour
The history of PCs and smartphones as context for Google's integrated strategy for Android, and reactions to Apple's plans for the NFC chip and its approach to Patreon and payment processing. At the end: Final thoughts on Peacock and the Olympics, Amazon’s Whole Foods experiment, and a listener requests a tour of Ben’s cord bag.
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The Truth About Windows Versus the Mac — Stratechery
Obsoletive — Stratechery
Integration and Android — Stratechery
Apple to Open Payment Chip to Third Parties and Charge Fees — Bloomberg
NBC Measurement, Apple and Patreon, Substack Next? — Stratechery Update
Olympic Ratings, Peacock’s Abundance, Comcast Earnings — Stratechery Update
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28 min
August 09, 2024 (Preview) Competing Principles and U.S. v. Google, What’s Next for Apple, Questions on Aggregators, Elon and Crunchyroll
The implications and inherent tensions of this week’s verdict in U.S. v. Google, Apple and a mountain of services revenue suddenly in jeopardy, and emails on aggregators, Elon Musk’s latest lawsuit, Crunchyroll and more.
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Friendly Google and Enemy Remedies — Stratechery
Google Decision Follow-Up, Amazon Earnings — Stratechery Update
United States v. Google — Stratechery
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18 min
August 01, 2024 (Preview) Nike as a Tech Story, Follow-Up on Meta and the Hyperscalers, Peacock and the NBC Olympics Strategy
What Nike's recent struggles can teach us about maintaining culture and competing in e-commerce, plus questions on Amazon and Temu, Meta's threat to AI incumbents, and the pricing strategy of AI cloud providers. At the end: The implication of recent Netflix news, NBC's pricing strategy for Peacock, Google's new Gemini commercial, and more.
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Nike: An Epic Saga of Value Destruction — Massimo Giunco
Microsoft Earnings, Copilot and CapEx, Pichai on Risk — Stratechery Update
Llama 3.1; Zuckerberg on Open Source AI; Kamala Harris, Europe, and Tech Innovation — Stratechery Update
Google Earnings, YouTube and Brand Advertising, Network and the Web’s AI Problem — Stratechery Update
Netflix Earnings, The Status of Netflix Advertising — Stratechery Update
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12 min
July 25, 2024 (Preview) Llama 3.1 and Zuckerberg’s Open Approach, Lessons from the Crowdstrike Mess, Understanding Netflix Strategy and Apple Spending
Meta debuts a powerful new LLM, Mark Zuckerberg makes the case for an open approach to AI, and Ben explains the Crowdstrike mess and why this episode highlights fundamental tensions between security and competition. At the end: Updated thinking on Netflix and what it wants from the ad business, and marveling at Apple's spending spree in Hollywood.
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Open Source AI Is the Path Forward — Mark Zuckerberg
Llama 3.1; Zuckerberg on Open Source AI; Kamala Harris, Europe, and Tech Innovation — Stratechery Update
What is CrowdStrike, and what happened? — The Verge
Netflix Earnings, The Status of Netflix Advertising — Stratechery Update
Crashes and Competition — Stratechery
Why Netflix Should Sell Ads — Stratechery
Apple Tries to Rein In Hollywood Spending After Years of Losses — Bloomberg
Ladies and gentlemen, The Weeknd (on Apple Vision Pro) — The Verge
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13 min
July 18, 2024 (Preview) What Trump Could Mean for Tech, X as a News Source, Two Testimonials from ChatGPT Users
Projecting antitrust policy in a second Trump administration and explaining the splintered interests among little tech and big tech, checking in with the state of X under Elon Musk, and two ChatGPT testimonials help explain the status quo. At the end: Both hosts choose new jobs and new favorite teams.
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JD Vance and Tech, Big Tech Versus Little Tech, JD Vance’s Remarks About Antitrust at the RemedyFest Conference — Stratechery Update
Tech For Trump, Breaking the Deal, From Inertness to Interest — Stratechery Update
Tech CEOs on Trump, X and the E.U., Apple Settles with E.U. Over NFC — Stratechery Update
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21 min
July 11, 2024 (Preview) Once More Unto the EU Breach, No Apple or Microsoft on OpenAI’s Board, Paramount Wants to Be a Tech Company
Ben and Andrew return with thoughts on Apple's calculus in the EU, why better App Store policies may not have mattered, perspectives from US and EU citizens, and follow-up to Ben's article on various EU regulatory ambitions. Then: The news that neither Apple nor Microsoft will take observer seats on the OpenAI board, Paramount's merger and an endorsement of irrational Hollywood, Apple unveils its F1 movie, bubble tea takes, and President Mr. Beast.
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The E.U. Goes Too Far — Stratechery
Apple and the OpenAI Board, Microsoft and the OpenAI Board — Stratechery Update
Microsoft and Apple drop OpenAI seats amid antitrust scrutiny — Financial Times
Why Apple Deserves Special Scrutiny, Paramount Merges with Skydance — Stratechery Update
'F1' Official Tease — YouTube
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17 min
June 27, 2024 (Preview) Perplexity and the Media, Burning Furniture at the Structural Nadir, The EU and the Costs of Ambiguity
Perplexity and the choices facing publishers in the AI era, revisiting the decisions and structural forces that led to media struggles in the online economy, and an emailer from the EU who wonders about the costs of the expansive language in the digital markets act. At the end: Ice cream, and a few interview recs for the break.
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Perplexity and Robots.txt, Perplexity’s Defense, Google and Competition — Stratechery Update
European Commission Charges Apple, Apple Delays New Features for E.U. — Stratechery Update
An Interview with Benedict Evans About Regulation and AI — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang About AI’s iPhone Moment — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with Eugene Wei About Twitter, Threads, and Taylor Swift — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with Michael Nathanson About a Tumultuous Year in Media — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with Michael Morton About E-Commerce Winners and Losers — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with The Ringer Founder and CEO Bill Simmons — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with Om Malik About Tech’s History and Future — Stratechery Interview
An Interview With The New York Times Company CEO Meredith Kopit Levien — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) About Being a YouTube Star — Stratechery Interview
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19 min
June 20, 2024 The FTC Sues Adobe, Keynote Season and Progress, A Few More Apple Questions
Lessons from the FTC's lawsuit alleging that Adobe has violated consumer protection laws in its cloud services business, a question about the vibes at WWDC and other tentpole keynotes across big tech, and a few more notes on Apple, including Facebook's data calculus, the DRI model, and stress-testing the developer concerns with respect to the Vision Pro.
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FTC Sues Adobe, The Legal Question, The Value of Doing Right — Stratechery Update
Adobe’s Subscription Model & Why Platform Owners Should Care — Stratechery
MLS on Vision Pro, The Vision Pro’s Missing Content, The Vision Pro’s DRI — Stratechery Update
The Uncanny Valley of a Functional Organization — Stratechery
Apple’s Organizational Crossroads — Stratechery
Divine Discontent: Disruption’s Antidote — Stratechery
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1 hr 9 min
June 18, 2024 (Preview) Your WWDC Emails: GenAI for Work Email, Developer Questions, Strategy for OpenAI, Implications for Nvidia, and More
Answering listener questions in the wake of WWDC, including thoughts on AI for Outlook, whether Apple competitors will allow data access to Apple Intelligence, cloud questions, chip questions, and more.
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Apple Intelligence is Right On Time — Stratechery
WWDC, Apple Intelligence, Apple Aggregates AI — Stratechery Update
How Apple Intelligence Works, Apple’s AI Bear Case, The Talk Show Live — Stratechery Update
An Interview with Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman About Apple and AI — Stratechery Interview
The Apple-OpenAI “Deal”, Japan and the App Store, Apple’s AI Developer Risk — Stratechery Update
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12 min
June 12, 2024 Apple Gets Intelligence, Unpacking the Partnership with OpenAI, What WWDC Can Tell Us About AI Adoption
Reviewing all things WWDC in 2024, including the introduction of Apple Intelligence, why Apple's vision for mainstream AI was compelling, the Apple partnership with OpenAI, questions about Private Cloud Compute, and lots more.
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Apple Intelligence AI, iOS 18 and the biggest announcements at WWDC 2024 — Engadget
Apple Intelligence is Right On Time — Stratechery
WWDC, Apple Intelligence, Apple Aggregates AI — Stratechery Update
How Apple Intelligence Works, Apple’s AI Bear Case, The Talk Show Live — Stratechery Update
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1 hr 8 min