Social
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Law Enforcement and User Data, Tradeoffs and Trust, Centralization and Encryption
A story about how hackers got data from tech companies illustrates the fundamental challenge of trust on the Internet, and gives insight into the challenges of interoperability.
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The Digital Markets Act, The DMA and Advertising, Messaging Interoperability
The E.U.’s DMA has some good ideas, but is fundamentally misguided and will make things worse for everyone.
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The Current Thing
If businesses are subject to Aggregation Theory, then so are ideas: this is the root of the “The Current Thing” meme, and it should drive a re-evaluation of how we think about moderating content on the Internet.
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Facebook and Google Block Russian State Media, Crypto Exchanges and Sanctions
Facebook and Google bans probably don’t make much of a difference in the short-term, but will be a challenge in the long-term. Then, the structure of crypto drives a different response.
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Russia and the Four Internets, Shifts and Social Media, Gelsinger Interview Follow-Up
The Internet continues to split over politics, in this case the Ukraine-Russia conflict; the biggest impact, though, is social media. Plus, follow-up to the interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger.
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Digital Advertising Follow-up, Spotify-Rogan Follow-up
Foillow-up on Digital Advertising in 2022, plus Monday’s Daily Update about Spotify.
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Digital Advertising in 2022
The advertising has shifted from a Google-Facebook duopoly to one where Amazon and potentially Apple are major forces.
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Spotify and Joe Rogan, Culture and Principles, Music Versus Podcasts and the Long Run
Lessons from Spotify’s recent controversy, both for other tech executives, and also for the Spotify’s long run profitability.
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Meta’s Earnings, Facebook’s Three Challenges, Financial Versus Existential Risks
Meta’s earnings were a perfect storm of challenges facing the company.
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Where Are Hit Podcasts?, Spotify and Podcast Aggregation, Protesting Rogan
Why there aren’t any new podcasts in the top 10, and why the podcast market looks like websites and YouTube. Plus, why Spotify’s approach benefits most, for now.