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SpaceX Buys More Spectrum, Musk and Market Structure, Distributed Cellular
SpaceX’s mobile strategy is becoming clearly with its latest spectrum purchase, and it might work.
Apple and a Hacker’s Future | Stratechery by Ben Thompson
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2026.41: It’s Not You, It’s Me
The best Stratechery content from the week of October 5, 2026, including drifting apart from Apple, Facebook complications, and the delightful absurdity of U. S.-China dynamics.
(Preview) Two Paths for Apple and Its Users, More on Amazon and Advertising, OpenAI and 722 Mathematical Manuscripts
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An Interview with Katie Harbath About Disrupting Politics at Facebook
An interview with former Facebook Head of Global Elections Katie Harbath about her new book Disrupting Politics, and how things change for the company in the 2010s.
Apple and LG, The House For Everyone Else, Agent Standards and Amazon
Apple is taking a smarter approach to the home than I expected, leaning into integration (with partners); then, what Amazon should do about agents.
Game Decompilation, Is This Legal?, A Well-Trodden Path
Games are being decompiled, but the real risk to gaming is new games and increased personalization.
Apps, Agents, and Aggregation | Stratechery by Ben Thompson
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Apple and a Hacker’s Future
I was happy for years in Apple’s walled garden; with AI, however, their protections feel like limitations.