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If the web can beat Microsoft in 1998, it will beat Apple as well. It doesn't look that way today, but the cracks are showing. I suppose if it became signifi
by byron_fast 11y ago
If the web can beat Microsoft in 1998, it will beat Apple as well. It doesn't look that way today, but the cracks are showing.
I suppose if it became significantly easier to create an app than a website, the walled gardens could win, but that doesn't seem likely.
- kinlan 11y agoAuthor here. My thought around this is not that Apple will win, it is that there are other platforms now (hosted on Apple and Android platforms) that sit at the same level as the web sites and they have large audiences interacting with them daily. Facebook and WeChat in China are examples of this.
- byron_fast 11y agoThe weird thing about messaging is those platforms tend to be very fluid. They look dominant, but fade fast.