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First episode of a ten-episode series on the weight of politics in the success of a product. We start with the most distant scale, the one made of governments, because it is the one you see least and the one that decides earliest.

Third episode of a ten-episode series on the weight of politics in the success of a product. The first two picked up the trace of the state, then put it to the test. What is left are today's champions, the ones that should owe nothing to anyone.

Fourth episode of a ten-episode series on the weight of politics in the success of a product. A week in Madeira, a club nobody voted for, and a man who wrote a decision the state signed.

Sixth episode of a ten-episode series on the weight of politics in the success of a product. The first three showed that no market-leading product escapes the envelope drawn by the state; the fourth pushed open the door of the room where that rule is written; the fifth showed that nobody gets in unless others have signed for them. This one crosses the threshold of the company, where it is decided which product will live, and who will go and defend it in that room.

Second episode of a ten-episode series on the weight of politics in the success of a product. The first showed the trace of a public decision behind six products. Whether that trace explains anything is another matter.

Seventh episode of a ten-episode series on the weight of politics in the success of a product. The first six followed public decisions all the way inside the company. This one crosses the three scales at once: whether it comes from a government, an investor or the floor above, support has a size and an end date, and a team's performance is measured by what it does with that support before it runs out.

Fifth episode of a ten-episode series on the weight of politics in the success of a product. The first four showed that a public rule opens or closes a market, and that it is written in rooms where the companies it governs have a seat. What remains is how you get in.

Ninth episode of a ten-episode series on the weight of politics in the success of a product. Earlier episodes showed markets blocked by whoever owned a technology. Putting a technology in common lifts that block: no one can take it back anymore. What remains to be seen is where the conflict moves next.

Eighth episode of a ten-episode series on the weight of politics in the success of a product. Earlier episodes spoke sometimes of networks, sometimes of politics. A network helps you discover, connect, trust and vouch; politics begins when a decision binds those who never signed it.

Tenth episode of a ten-episode series on the weight of politics in the success of a product. Since June 2025, any phone placed on the European market must be able to be opened, and its spare parts must stay available for seven years. The EU wanted less waste. Repair does not bring the factory back: in Shenzhen, the factories came before the repairers. But opening a product shows, part by part, what a continent can make.