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Charles Arthur
Personal blog · theoverspill.wordpress.combusinesshardwarestartups
Charles Arthur writes The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say, a personal blog at theoverspill.wordpress.com about business, hardware and startups. Since 2015, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Premium Android hits the wall”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite Charles Arthur's blog as evidence on Apple's PC market share and on the smartphone switchers from the iPhone 6 cycle. They also link it for the risks of algorithmic hiring decisions.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Charles Arthur's site for links, observations and writing
Most-linked posts?
- Premium Android hits the wall2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-09-07
What Hacker News says?
Source? It has been reported again and again, along with the relevant stats. Examples: Apple sells 5% of the world’s PCs and takes home 45% of the profit. (1) During the recent third quarter, Apple commanded a 7.5 percent share of the computer market, up from 6.9 percent a year ago, IDC said. That was enough to move Apple up to No. 4 in market share for the computer market, pushing past Acer, which is now No. 5. (..…
Comment linking /2015/07/13/the-deaths-of-others-how-the-pc-markets-implosion-is-squeezing-smaller-players/
on “Linux can’t be installed on a recent Lenovo laptop”Submitted Google’s growing problem: 50% of people do zero searches per day on mobile as a story · 270 points
HN discussionI think the biggest thing, and one that a lot of people are missing, is that the 6/6S phones caused a one-time burst of switchers who were only on Android because they wanted big phones and they previously couldn't get them from Apple. (Evidence: a year after the 6's release, this happened: https://theoverspill.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/premium-androi... ) Now 1.5 years into the 6/6S cycle, almost all of them have sw…
Comment linking /2015/09/01/premium-android-hits-the-wall-the-q2-2015-smartphone-scorecard/
on “Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results, Slowing Growth in iPhone Sales”Submitted The adblocking revolution is months away as a story · 253 points
HN discussionYep. Or other -isms: > What if [your hiring algorithm] is weeding out women most likely to be pregnant in the next year? https://theoverspill.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/start-up-linke...
Comment linking /2016/07/04/start-up-linkedins-extra-bidders-lgs-mobile-shakeup-google-maps-v-apple-maps-cracking-android-and-more/
on “EU regulations on algorithmic decision-making and a “right to explanation””Submitted Premium Android hits the wall as a story · 20 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Facebook exploits iOS to stay active in the background as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Android OEM profitability, and the most surprising number from Q4’s market as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Book review: Disrupted: Dan Lyons v the startup bubble (at Hubspot) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google’s growing problem: 50% of people do zero searches per day on mobile as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Premium Android hits the wall: the Q2 2015 smartphone scorecard as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Great lies of our time: “journalists and coders should sit together” as a story · 1 points
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