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Sinofsky: Single-vendor smart home platform dominance is extremely unlikely
“So I think that it's a great strategy, and it drives a lot of interesting things, but the odds of this coalescing are very low, and that's why this notion, and the lesson from Sony, or RCA before it, or Whirlpool, they're all there. Like, Nobody ever came to g…”
Steven Sinofsky Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:08 a16z Podcast | Beyond CES: Connected Home Devices, Voice, and More
Opinion
Evans: Sony has been failing in consumer electronics for 20 years
“Sony has, you know, been failing in this for 20 years.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:10 a16z Podcast | Software is What Distinguishes the Hardware Winners
Assertion Supported
Dave Turetsky: Sony Sold Under 200,000 AIBO Units Before Exiting Robotics
“Sony sold fewer than 200,000 of these over the six year life of the product line. In January, 2006, they left the robotics business altogether.”
Dave Turetsky Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:35 a16z Podcast | The IQ and EQ of Robots
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