(Preview) Apple Gets a Temporary Reprieve, The End of Internet 2.0, An Incomplete Tech Blog Post Canon

Andrew and Ben discuss another weekend of pivots, updates and clarifications to the Trump trade policies, the big picture shifts and fundamental questions underlying these policies, a question about Spotify, and Stevie's platform rant inspires an emailer's request for a tech blog post canon.

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Apple Was on Brink of Crisis Before Trump Tariff Concession — Bloomberg (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-13/apple-w…)

Internet 3.0 and the Beginning of (Tech) History — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2021/internet-3-0-and-the-begi…)

Strategy Letter V — Joel on Software (joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v)

The Bitter Lesson — Rich Sutton (incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html)

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant — Github Gist: chitchcock (incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html)

Complexity and Strategy — Terry Crowley (hackernoon.com/complexity-and-strategy-325cd7f…)

The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce — Tom Wolfe (web.stanford.edu/class/e145/2007_fall/material…)

The Spirit Of The Internet — The Awl (theawl.com/2016/11/the-spirit-of-the-internet)

The only thing that matters — Marc Andreessen (pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part4.html)

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