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What was innovative in 2010 is now table stakes. E-commerce paired with Instagram ads and a modern logo is no longer a novel experience. “DTC was an insight 10 years ago,” said Ben Lerer.

Shaye Roseman • Reinventing the Direct-to-Consumer Business Model

And in the end, OpenAI doesn’t matter . They are making the same mistakes we are in their posture relative to open source, and their ability to maintain an edge is necessarily in question. Open source alternatives can and will eventually eclipse them unless they change their stance. In this respect, at least, we can make the first move.

Simon Willison • Leaked Google document: “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI”

The bundle no longer makes sense. In fact, it no longer exists. The few services that still require interaction with people of different classes are now governed by apps and algorithms. It is no longer necessary to get along with people or to be nice to them. You click on an app, someone delivers something, and you decide whether to add a tip... See more

Dror Poleg • Dror’s Substack | Substack

These successful companies in most cases weren’t true platforms, but aggregators, locking in demand and exerting central control.

Brian Flynn • Reputation in Web3: Ships Built on the Great Flood

what’s at stake is not just the future of the internet, but the future of how we learn, communicate and connect; our right to shape the technology that, in turn, shapes us.

I miss the internet.

making sublime and dreaming of a better internet

So I think Facebook runs into the challenge of, "Okay, we're trying to shift people into stories, we're trying to shift people into the marketplace, we're trying to get people to use messenger and build this WeChat-like ecosystem within our messaging product. But our Feed makes so much money, it's on autopilot right now, so how do we make that... See more

Patrick O'Shaughnessy • The Past, Present, and Future of Consumer Social Companies

When it comes to the specific question around products built to be engaging, that is what they should do. “Hey, Netflix, can you please make shitty shows? Because I like to watch your shows a lot. Hey, Apple, your devices are really user-friendly. Can you please stop making them so user-friendly?” No. We want these products to be engaging. This... See more

Nir Eyal • Are We Really Addicted?

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Astasia Myers • Community is the New Moat!

Because the Embedded Lender splits the infrastructure costs across multiple brand partners and drives down unit costs with scale, the Embedded Lender can be profitable even when a brand could not be.