Episode 185 — Open, Free, and Spotify

Ben and James discuss Dithering, how Spotify is like Facebook, and a bit about working from home.

Links

• Ben Thompson & John Gruber: Dithering — Dithering (dithering.fm)

• Ben Thompson: Dithering and Open Versus Free — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2020/dithering-and-the-open-web)

• Ben Thompson: The Daily Update Podcast — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2020/the-daily-update-podcast)

• Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2019/spotifys-podcast-aggregat…)

• Ben Thompson: America Wakes Up?, An Interview with Matt Mullenweg About Working From Homey — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2020/america-wakes-up-an-inter…)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

Podcast Information

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• iTunes (itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/exponent/id826420969)

• SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/exponentfm)

• Twitter (twitter.com/exponentfm)

• Feedback (stratechery.com/exponent-feedback)