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It's nice to have a private notes app, my bigger concern is about what happens as the entire ecosystem becomes increasingly monopolized. Any platform enhanced
by kyleschiller 10y ago
It's nice to have a private notes app, my bigger concern is about what happens as the entire ecosystem becomes increasingly monopolized.
Any platform enhanced by ML powered by proprietary data will create huge barriers to entry for potential competitors. Even if privacy becomes important to consumers, app alternatives with have to at least match the mainstream version in 100 other ways. As much as Google has contributed to ML tooling and research, their data will ensure that services like Duck Duck Go stay obscure.
Network effects, economies of scale and the dynamics of VC funding will all exacerbate this as well.
- fosco 10y agoML - Machine Learning [I may be the only one here who did not know what that means, but in case there is another]
- mobitar 10y agoYou're right in that it's hard to create a new billion dollar privacy company. But there are plenty of opportunities to create "small businesses" focused on privacy. Basecamp sized companies. In fact, that's the advantage small founders have now: is to not be big, but be intentionally small.
- kyleschiller 10y agoYeah, that's true, I do dream of a future where more people are creating toy apps for their friends and family with no intention of scaling. Udacity has strayed a little bit from this with their focus on ML courses, but SMBs are absolutely preferable in my mind. EDIT: also why I love FOSS.