Apple History and Apple Psychology, How Apple Should Capitalize On Its AI Potential, Why It Probably Won't - podcast episode cover

Apple History and Apple Psychology, How Apple Should Capitalize On Its AI Potential, Why It Probably Won't

Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 9 min
--:--
--:--
Listen in podcast apps:
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Download
YouTube
Overcast
Pocket Casts
Episodes.fm
Download Metacast podcast app
Listen to this episode in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episode description

Revisiting Apple's nadir in the 1990s, along with internal friction that boiled over after Steve Jobs' passing, and explaining why Apple execs should—but probably won't—respond to the Apple Intelligence embarrassment by empowering third-party developers to build great AI products that run locally on the iPhone.

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm

@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube

@Stratechery Channel — YouTube

Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino — Daring Fireball

Apple AI’s Platform Pivot Potential — Stratechery

A Google I/O Idea, The Smartphone AI Value Chain, Apple’s Developer Hang-Ups — Stratechery Update

Why Doesn’t Apple Enable Sustainable Businesses on the App Store? — Stratechery (2013)

Macworld 1997: The return of Steve Jobs — YouTube

Get all episodes of Sharp Tech, Sharp China, Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Greatest of All Talk, Asianometry and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $15/month or $150/year.

For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android