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Aggregation Theory

2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 5, 2018 by Ben Thompson · across every show →

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Sep 5, 2018 neutral
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Internet economic power has definitively shifted from controlling supply to controlling demand
“I mean, the, we are switching from a world where it used to be a world where market power and economic power and social power was gained by controlling supply. To a new world where, where power is gained by controlling demand.”
Ben Thompson Sep 5, 2018 ▶ 44:59 #40 Ben Thompson: Thriving in a Digital World
Sep 5, 2018
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Total market dominance is the natural end state for platform aggregators
“The implication of aggregation theory is that to be large and to be dominant is the natural state of affairs because of these feedback loops. Like the end state for an aggregator is to be, to win it all, to take it all.”
Ben Thompson Sep 5, 2018 ▶ 1:28:50 #40 Ben Thompson: Thriving in a Digital World
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