Pluralistic: 11 Nov 2022 Apple's business model made Chinese oppression inevitable

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Apple's business model made Chinese oppression inevitable: A photon torpedo on the bridge in Act I will go off by Act III.
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Pluralistic: 18 Feb 2022

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Tech platforms' playbook inevitably produces dumpster-fires: Anil Dash's amazing "broken tech/content culture cycle."
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