2026.34: App Snore
The best Stratechery content from the week of August 17, 2026, including Apple making compromises in the EU, Truth (Social) and reconciliation, and August fun with the Clippers and Lakers.
Welcome back to This Week in Stratechery! This week’s highlights include Apple’s compromises in the EU, Ben’s coverage of Apple’s policies, Apple settling with the EU and adjusting ATT policies in Germany, Stripe acquiring OpenRouter, AI advancements from Nvidia, OpenAI, and Anthropic, Google’s purchase of Spirit Airlines data, TSMC’s use of old fabs for new chips, China’s construction of waste-to-energy plants, and Wang Yi’s visit to South Korea following Trump’s decision to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea.
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