An interview with Asymco’s Horace Dediu about his career in tech, Apple’s first 50 years, and the prospects for the next 50, particularly in the face of AI ...

AI is going to be bad for security in the short-term, but much better than humans in the long-term. With Stratechery Plus you ...

Apple has survived 50 years by being the only company integrating hardware and software; if the company loses because of AI ...

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you. This is not an Article about the campaign being waged by the U.S. against Iran, but it’s a ...

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One way to track the AI era, starting with the November 2022 launch of ChatGPT, is by which Big Tech company was, at a particular point in time, thought to be most threatened. At the beginning ...

Pity the paradox of the content producer in the age of AI. On one hand, AI is one of the greatest gifts ever in terms of topics to cover. The 2025 Stratechery Year in Review was, just like 2024 and ...

Warner Bros. started with distribution. Just after the turn of the century, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner bought a second-hand projector and started showing short films in Ohio and Pennsylvania ...

A common explanation as to why Star Wars was such a hit, and continues to resonate nearly half a century on from its release, is that it is a nearly perfect representation of the hero’s journey. You ...

It’s funny to remember that a decade ago there were enough people convinced we were in a bubble that I felt compelled to write an Article entitled It’s Not 1999; that was right then, and it’s ...