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Fanton: OpenAI Will Combine iOS And AWS To Dominate Tech Infrastructure
“I'm a huge believer in OpenAI would be massive, personally, because I think it's full stack. You have B to C. It's a very, very powerful combination. And it will be both now, right? It will be iOS plus Amazon Web Services. So everybody will depend on that plat…”
Teare: No Rational Silicon Valley Founder Launches Android First
“IOS first, which is very typical here in the Valley. No one does Android first unless they are, you know, somehow politically minded to make that choice. No rational business person does that.”
Traynor: Conversational, action-taking AI will redefine desktop and iOS interaction models
“When Siri can be as conversational as ChatGPT and can take actions on the device, I actually think it'll change like the entire interaction model across desktop and iOS as well in huge ways.”
Midha: Winning spatial computing platforms will bridge AR, VR, web, and mobile
“The companies that will end up building massive standalone businesses here will figure out how to leverage the uniqueness of AR and VR and iOS and web and Android to give multiple viewers different viewing perspectives and interactions with the same content.”
Narang: Toast chose Android over iOS simply because it seemed easier
“One of the things that was a crucial decision that we made was we built this platform on Android versus iOS, and it was not, in hindsight, it's like, feels like a strategic decision, but in reality, it was simply because we thought Android was an easier platfo…”
Coates: Platform ecosystems fail if third-party apps cannot match first-party quality
“One is you need you need an app platform that allows apps to be built that are of equal quality to the core features of the platform. That is absolutely critical. And like, look at iOS. IOS is like a great example of this. Like when I open up a first party app…”
Abrams: Mobile App Store Distribution Alone Makes User Growth Significantly Harder
“I think just being an iOS app, you know, or iOS and Android app alone, it's harder to grow. There's been some exceptions, but it's tough.”
Robinhood's Early iOS Deposit Edge Was Caused by Android Bug
“One of the early stories from Robinhood I love is that the deposit amounts from people with iOS were twice the ones from people with Android. And their assumption was just, oh, like people with iPhone just have more money. So they're depositing more money. And…”