I've been a subscriber for years now and can honestly say this has educated me like no other source. If you want an edge in conversation, or just need to develop your own opinions on the tech world, this is for you.

Pros:

It's deep, it's amoral, it's supremely insightful.

Cons:

None!

Stratechery is fastidious about topic curation, and the commentary is on point. It’s in my ”always read/listen” stack. Redesign is icing on the cake!

Get the podcast Exponent.fm for even more depth

Pros:

Best strategic analysis of tech

Cons:

None

Love it! one of the best websites out there!

I've subscribed to the Daily Update for over a year now, and would recommend it to anyone who works in the technology industry.

Pros:

The smartest, most condensed tech analysis out there.

Cons:

Requires fairly solid foundation in strategy/economics, but this can be learned.

Amazing update, especially the new structure and categories (concepts, topics, companies) make so much easier to find the older content.

Ben stands out in his analysis of Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google (FANG) and describing the business models and strategies these businesses follow.

The free articles are amazing, the daily articles are fantastic value. His new site has a much better structure for describing the vast range of subjects within the tech world he covers.

Bonus: Check out Exponent.fm, the companion podcast hosted by @benthompson & @jamesallworth. Among a wide range of fascinating subjects they explore, they've been way out in front (by years) of the issues and challenges Facebook have created and now face, and how this will impact on the wider tech and startup industries.

Pros:

Spot on accessible deep dive analysis of the biggest issues in Tech

Cons:

None

I've been reading and listening to Stratechery for years – Ben and James are brilliant thinkers whose perspective and opinion about big news stories and strategies are always interesting. 👏👏👏 for the new redesign!

Stratechery is one of the very few subscription services I am happy to spend money on. Ben does analysis that easily rivals Gartner et al. by taking a holistic view of how companies work in our digital age. He covers a wide variety of topics that relate to technology, our society and everything in between. His podcast, Exponent.fm, is also an excellent listen.

Ben distills the business decisions behind what is happening with the biggest companies in tech into easy to digest daily briefings.

Pros:

Interesting takes on the biggest happenings in tech

Cons:

None

Ben is an outstanding writer that I have referenced numerous times in my career across tech, media and advertising.

Pros:

Some of the smartest thinking available in tech

Cons:

Makes me feel stupid sometimes

I listen to Stratechery’s Exponent podcast every week. Ben does an excellent job at analyzing the corporate strategy of today’s big tech companies.

I paid for a subscription to the daily update last year and got a TON of new insights from it

Pros:

Terrific analysis and new perspectives

Cons:

Nothing I can think of