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Journalism, Subscriptions, and Podcasting with Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
podcasts.apple.comWhat Netflix and Spotify both did was dress up this obviously better consumer experience with an interface and a proposition that was (1) legal and (2) worth paying for in big chunks. And we all did.
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
rhapsodizing
Hillary Jordan • Anonymous Sex
I praise its decentralization, and its willingness to empower booksellers at the local stores.
Ted Gioia • What Can We Learn From Barnes & Noble's Surprising Turnaround?
It had been aggressively filtered in advance to appeal to me—or at least myself as a generic consumer—with abundant reassurances that other people did like the books on display.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
with more regard for volume than quality—because volume, sheer time spent, is what makes money for the platform through targeted advertising.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Most remarkable of all, however, was that each book was priced according to Amazon’s website algorithm, which adjusts prices in real time based on supply and demand.