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AT&T’s Original Bad Deal, Discovery + WarnerMedia, The Streaming Landscape

Posted onMonday, May 17, 2021Monday, May 17, 2021 Author by Ben Thompson

AT&T bails on its streaming ambitions; they can’t undo the mistake of buying Time Warner, but merging WarnerMedia with Discovery is a nice recovery.

AWS CloudFront Functions, AWS’s Data Residency Whitepaper, Muddles and Mirages

Posted onWednesday, May 12, 2021Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Author by Ben Thompson

AWS’s responses to Cloudflare are still predicated on an assumption of centralizaion; the truth is in the middle, and the status quo is powerful.

Roku’s Earnings, Roku and YouTube’s Streaming Ads, Roku and YouTube’s Dispute

Posted onMonday, May 10, 2021Monday, May 10, 2021 Author by Ben Thompson

Both Roku and YouTube are winning in advertising; Roku, though, wants to win its negotiation with Google, and use PR to do so.

Market Making and Time Horizons, Clubhouse Struggling, What Did I Get Wrong?

Posted onThursday, May 6, 2021Thursday, May 6, 2021 Author by Ben Thompson

It’s not enough to see the future; timing matters. Plus, Clubhouse is struggling, which means it time for me to take accountability for my analysis.

Facebook Earnings; ATT’s Impact; COVID, VR/AR, and Optionality

Posted onTuesday, May 4, 2021Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Author by Ben Thompson

Facebook’s earning show why it is relatively well-placed to capitalize on ATT.

Epic v. Apple Trial Begins, EU Files Statement of Objections, Who Owns the App?

Posted onMonday, May 3, 2021Monday, May 3, 2021 Author by Ben Thompson

Why I expect Apple to win Apple v. Epic, even as they get themselves in more political hot water.

Fearing Spotify?, Apple’s Earnings, Margins and Chips

Posted onThursday, April 29, 2021Thursday, April 29, 2021 Author by Ben Thompson

Why I’m not worried about Spotify, plus Apple’s earnings, including why the M1 might be helping margins.

Basecamp’s New Policy, Basecamp Versus Silicon Valley, Stripe Changes Vesting Schedule

Posted onTuesday, April 27, 2021Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Author by Ben Thompson

Basecamp is banning politics at work, which is very much in-line with Basecamp’s bigger critique of Silicon Valley. Then, Stripe stops acting like a startup.

Netflix Earnings, Competition and Buybacks, Sony Signs Netflix Deal

Posted onMonday, April 26, 2021Monday, April 26, 2021 Author by Ben Thompson

Netflix grew more slowly than it expected because it had fewer hits than it expected; then, Sony is winning in streaming by not playing.

App Stores in Congress, Apple’s Arguments, Meta Points

Posted onThursday, April 22, 2021Monday, April 26, 2021 Author by Ben Thompson

Apple and Google had a difficult time defending their App Store policies in the face of developer complaints and a well-informed committee.

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