Welcome back to This Week in Stratechery!

This week marks a new era for Stratechery, which is now presented by Stripe . I’m excited about what this partnership can unlock, starting with in-person on-video episodes of Sharp Tech. Check out the YouTube video above (or watch it on Stratechery ); and, for subscribers, look forward to a bonus episode showing up in your subscriber feed every Sunday morning (add your feed on sharptech.fm ).

Here were a few of our favorite topics this week:

The Best iPad; The Worst Phone. John Gruber wrote a great review of the iPhone Duo, which we broke down on Dithering . In short, it’s an iPad that fits in your pocket, and it’s awesome at that; just don’t expect a good phone. Plus, on Monday we discussed Apple’s surprising partnership with Meta for edge AI, a topic I also covered in Tuesday’s Update . — Ben Thompson

The SS Sarandos in a Storm.…