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Apple Price Increases and Bidding Om Malik Farewell - MOSK: 06.26.2026

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There are certain people that when they pass, even if you're not intimately familiar with their work, you know in your bones that something has happened. Something is lost. John Prine comes to mind. I wasn't familiar with his work, but when he died, I knew people who were gutted, and I knew in my bones that collectively, we had lost something. John Prine died over six years ago. This isn't about that. Om Malik died this week.

His site om.co ran a very short post yesterday saying Om Malik passed away on the 24th of June at Stanford Hospital after a long health journey with his heart. He was surrounded by family and friends. The post invited readers to share remembrances of Om in the comments or on various social media platforms. When I first saw the site, there were two comments. Four hours later, there were more comments than it seemed sensible to try to count.

I've got no connection to Mr. Malik. I know his writing was thoughtful and insightful. When an article of his interested me, I really felt like I was reading something. Like I was getting something. Going through a few of his recent posts, I feel like I should have been paying more attention. The one that blew my mind yesterday, We Are Living in Pinocchio's World, was just written about a month ago.

It's actually a rumination kicked off by a fountain pen that he bought, a Mont Blanc writer's edition dedicated to Carlo Collodi, author of the novel Pinocchio. Yeah, the one about the wooden, yeah, comes a boy, you know, Pinocchio. I can't share the part that got me because there was no one part that got me. There were several. I can share a part that struck me, though.

Apple Price Increases and Bidding Om Malik Farewell - MOSK: 06.26.2026

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The candid version is on a podcast,
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Apple Price Increases and Bidding Om Malik Farewell - MOSK: 06.26.2026

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.