Your point contradicts itself, does it not? Movement to the edge necessitates edge hardware and edge personnel to manage the hardware. Network effects are THE

Your point contradicts itself, does it not? Movement to the edge necessitates edge hardware and edge personnel to manage the hardware. Network effects are THE factor in software because the marginal cost tends towards zero with each incremental user in the network. The edge adds cost per node. Up until the point that users are paid to connect to the network and/or the network is directly linked to the user with the I/O line completely obviated, the economics of hardware and management underlying the network will tend towards economies of scale... which is the point Ben is trying to make.