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.

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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

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