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I'm not sure if you remember the Motorola ROKR, but Apple flopped a couple times before reinventing the phone industry. Facebook's taken two cracks at it. They
by joelrunyon 14y ago
I'm not sure if you remember the Motorola ROKR, but Apple flopped a couple times before reinventing the phone industry.
Facebook's taken two cracks at it. They've got a massive war chest and one of the most recognized brands on earth plus 2 failures worth of experience under their belt.
Sure, mobile's a challenge - but it seems like you've thrown in the towel already on it. I don't think Facebook has quite yet.
- runevault 14y agoMoney and experience alone mean nothing. The ability to learn from that experience is what's important. Based on track records in other areas where they've been slow to learn (privacy) I'd expect they need to fail a minimum of 4-5 more times before they have any prayer of getting it right.
- joelrunyon 14y agoSo, they're on attempt #3. Why get them at mad for trying? (it's not like they can get failures 4 and 5 out of the way without going through #3 first). Their slow "learning curve" on privacy has been on purpose. They're trying to reshape how people view "sharing" and are succeeding in doing that w/ almost a billion people.