super apps == late 80's, early 90's walled gardens (AOL, compuserve, GEnie, et al). It will be interesting to see if the same forces that led to the downfall o

super apps == late 80's, early 90's walled gardens (AOL, compuserve, GEnie, et al). It will be interesting to see if the same forces that led to the downfall of walled gardens also effect super apps. I think two key variables are the 1) diversity of user tasks / needs 2) amount of interop needed between services. If it's a large number of tasks with low interop needed, I think these will give way to unbundled open web / app marketplace style platforms. If users in these markets have concentrated needs with high degree of interoperability between them, then I think they will persist.