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Episode 140 — The Products They Built Along the Way

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James discuss Apple’s strategy of monetizing its customer base, how that explains HomePod, and whether or not it is a problem. Presented by WordPress.com: Get 15% off on a new site by visiting WordPress.com/Exponent. Links Ben Thompson: Apple’s Middle Age — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Books to Blogs — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Apple and the Oak Tree — Stratechery Ben Thompson: The Lessons and Questions of the iPhone X and the iPhone 8 — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Apple is Not a Services Company — Stratechery Daily Update NOTE: Apple has taken down the supplemental financial information from Q1 2016 … Continue reading Episode 140 — The Products They Built Along the Way

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, James. Ben, how are you? Feeling embarrassed. Oh, why is that, Ben? I just, I just tried an

0:06.6

alternate opening and it was terrible and, and we're not going to use it. And I feel very, it was so bad

0:11.9

that I am broadcasting to our audience that I had the dumbest opening ever and I feel stupid about it.

0:16.5

I appreciate your transparency because you, you often, you in fact, always edit these podcasts.

0:22.9

So if there's anything that you feel isn't worthy of the audience hearing about, they never get to hear about it.

0:29.1

So yes, you're the gatekeeper in this regard.

0:32.0

Was it as bad as I thought it was?

0:33.5

It was pretty bad.

0:37.6

Well, you know, it's great, James.

0:39.1

What's that been?

0:40.3

WordPress.com.

0:41.4

We're excited to have WordPress.com as a sponsor.

0:43.7

Whether you're building a personal blog, a business site, or both creating your website on WordPress.com helps others find you, remember you, and connect with you.

0:50.1

You don't need experience.

0:51.1

They guide you through the process from start to finish and take care of the technical side to get your site up and running.

0:54.9

Their customer support team is made up of WordPress experts, eager to help you get the most

0:58.4

from your site, and they are available 24-7.

1:01.6

I'm sticking with my new script.

1:04.6

Plans start at just $4 per month, and all plans include a custom domain name for the

1:09.2

life of the plan. So go to WordPress.com slash exponent to get 15% off your website today. That's WordPress.com

1:15.8

slash exponent and our things to WordPress.com for sponsoring exponent. As always. Thank you.

1:21.4

So I wrote an article a few, a few months ago, like from books to blogs that was, because I wrote it the same day that I wrote

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