from #JasonSnell https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/04/can-anyone-but-a-tech-giant-build-the-next-big-thing/
Text: This is not a lament for Humane or its business model. It's a lament for all of us. So many innovative products will never get funded or never launch a product because if they can't connect deeply with the smartphone, they're at an impossible disadvantage. And if one such product somehow did make a mark, what are the chances that it would survive rather than just being acquired by Apple, or Amazon, or Google, or Microsoft, or Facebook? What are the chances that those companies would just build a me-too product that was vastly more functional because they were able to tightly tie it into the ecosystems they control?