We're at peak tech, and that's why Apple looks so rotten

Yeah yeah, no-one believes me but let me share some of the very real ways that you are being hurt by Cupertino's $363 billion juggernaut...

Good morning, and welcome.

Sometimes, this newsletter has to verge on being a bit nerdy, and diving into detail can leave the humanity out. But not today…

It’s why I try to relate big issues to real life, like linking Big Tech profits to global poverty and mums taking the fight to OpenAI.

This week, I was signed by a leading speakers agency to do more public events. They asked me how I humanised the big stories.

This one below does that with the Apple antitrust case, but before we get to it…

Let’s say hey, Hallå and ¿Qué hubo? to new subs joining us from PerplexityAI, global investment bank UBS, Al Jazeera, News Corp, telco Telstra, and Accenture.

And in Australia, to new sign-ups from Nine Entertainment and REA Group, news.com.au, luxury publisher Boulevard and indie culture pub Urban List.

In Europe, to media goliath Mediahuis and its TV, digital and print across Belgium, Holland, Ireland, and Luxembourg, as well as hyper-local UK start-up SoGlos, the UK’s PA Media, Magnite, and Swedi…