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AI software generation overcomes the Apple App Store lock-in moat
“So I think you know, I think the entire engineering paradigm, the way that software is built now enables you know, a totally different way of thinking about specs and about our platform. And frankly, overcomes the biggest hurdle that we were facing, which was …”
Ben Thompson: Advertising business models are fundamentally incompatible with being platforms
“And the problem is that I think being an advertising based model is generally incompatible with being a platform. The whole point of a platform is you're letting something else shine, something else bring to the surface. You're just on your, you're the support…”
Ben Thompson: Apple builds great products but is a terrible platform steward
“The reality is when it comes to platforms, you have to build, the price of becoming a platform is making a great product. So Apple gets platforms so they make great products, and they're terrible stewards of the platforms. Microsoft is a great platform steward…”
SpaceX controls approximately 95% of the global space launch market
“In the space sector, at least, it's quite astounding the extent to which SpaceX is dominant. Right. This is not the case that, like, Apple has, what, 2030, 40% market share in smartphones, and Pixel has 10%, and Huawei and so on has a, this is like, SpaceX has…”