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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Apple's turn to services,taking a cut of otherpeople's businesses, has… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-01 Apple's vertical integration was an advantage under someone with Steve Jobs's taste and turns into a liability under a logistics man. Apple's verticalintegration was an… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-01 The App Store toll booth let a rot into Apple's foundations: money for taking 30% of other people's business without making anything. The App Store tollbooth let a rot into… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 Big AI is cannibalising the app businesses indie hackers used to build, and their revenue and traffic are falling as a result. Big AI is cannibalisingthe app businesses… PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-07-26 Revenue is outside your control and costs are inside it, which is why cutting a recurring expense is the lever a business owner should love. Revenue is outside yourcontrol and costs are… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 AI companies are disrupting entire industries, causing a partial collapse of the traditional SaaS business model. AI companies aredisrupting entire… PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-01 The app layer between the customer and the AI model is being removed, because customers can now clone the app themselves rather than pay for it. The app layer betweenthe customer and the AI… PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-07-21 Apple has more reason to stumble now than ever: terribly behind on AI, faltering software quality, rivals catching up on silicon, and a leadership too old to relearn. Apple has more reasonto stumble now than… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 Every developer owes Epic and Tim Sweeney a debt of gratitude: theirs is the only fight that ever seriously wounded Apple's App Store regime. Every developer owesEpic and Tim Sweeney a… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12
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