223: Impressive and Stupid
Are Apple's recent aggressive promotional deals for iPhone an indicator that its aggressive pricing strategy isn't working, or is this all part of a larger strategy? Are the old rules giving way to a whole new set of Apple strategies? We also discuss WarnerMedia's strange streaming strategy and Jason's attempt to merge Shortcuts with ancient Web APIs.
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Links and Show Notes:
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The Fifth Annual Upgradies – Voting Form
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - IMDb
WarnerMedia Streaming Platform to Launch With Three Tiers of Service – Variety
Is Apple’s TV service bound for Roku, Amazon Fire, and other non-Apple TV devices? | Macworld
Apple Offers New iPhone Promo Deals, Trade-Ins to Boost Sales - Bloomberg
Adventures in Shortcuts: Posting content using ancient web APIs - Six Colors
Automating blog posts for my podcast Supercomputer – Matthew Cassinelli
Automators #10: Using Zapier Web Automation - Relay FM
It's not quite a Mac mini, but it's my server - Six Colors
Cortex #77: The Effective Executive - Relay FM
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