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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. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Welcome back to This Week in Stratechery! As a reminder, each week, every Friday, we’re sending out this overview of content in the Stratechery bundle; highlighted links are free for

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 is taking a smarter approach to the home than I expected, leaning into integration (with partners); then, what Amazon should do about agents.

Games are being decompiled, but the real risk to gaming is new games and increased personalization.

I was happy for years in Apple's walled garden; with AI, however, their protections feel like limitations. Listen to this post : Log in to listen My computer got hacked, which is always embarrassing to admit, because it was my fault; the vulnerability that was exploited is detailed in this Ars Technica story : Dutch officials have warned that a high-severity macOS vulnerability that allows attacke

The best Stratechery content from the week of September 28, 2026, including Meta's focus, what OpenAI is doing, and Mao and NBA Media Day. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images) Welcome back to This Week in Stratechery! As a reminder, each week, every Friday, we’re sending out this overview of content in the Stratechery bundle; highlighted links are free for everyone . Additionally, you have comple

An interview with Jason Del Rey about Amazon versus Meta, which is a continuation of the oldest battle in retail between Amazon and Walmart.

OpenAI's Dev Day showcased a product that is, frankly, pretty confusing. However, there is more vision here than it might seem.

Meta has the chance to own the consumer agentic space; going for enterprise is a big mistake.