First came the PC, and on top of the PC the Internet. Then, mobile, but what will rule mobile?| Stratechery by Ben Thompson
An interview with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about Llama and the AI opportunity, the evolution of social medial, and what it means to connect.| Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Facebook and Amazon had events on the same day for Oculus and Alexa. Both are driven by lessons from the mobile era, but Amazon seems to have learned more than Facebook.| Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Facebook’s reorganization into Meta is the ultimate bet on the power of founder control.| Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Twitter uncovered the most powerful format in mobile back in 2006: the feed. But, in 2009, Facebook went algorithmic while Twitter remained to hard to use. Now, it’s almost certainly too late…| Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Meta is well-positioned to the biggest beneficiary of AI and the largest company in the world.| Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Facebook and Twitter represent the v1 of Social Networking; it’s a bad copy of the analog world, whereas v2 is something unique to digital, and a lot more promising.| Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Google and Facebook represent one philosophy, and Microsoft and Apple represent another; tech needs both, but ultimately platforms are more important than aggregators.| Stratechery by Ben Thompson