Apple has always gone in the same direction, making ever more personal computers. It's like a Swiss watch with all these intricate pieces that are snapping together and it doesn't see my good should work until you see there's this countermate wait here. And again, they might try to pivot all that, but what makes Apple work is their product line.
Ben and James discuss Xiaomi’s ambition to own the home, why we’re frustrated with patents, why the West is unfair to the developing world, and what makes China unique.
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- Jordan Lewis: Exponent Bingo – Twitter
- Ben Thompson: Xiaomi’s Ambition – Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Handicapping the Internet of Things – Stratechery
- When Charles Dickens fell out with America – BBC
- To Live (The film about the Cultural Revolution) – Wikipedia
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