nilay patel

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nilay patel @reckless

If you are a consumer with dollars to spend on a car, you can choose almost any car you want at will. If you're spending dollars on tech, you have the illusion of choice inside whatever constraints the platform owner has arbitrarily decided to impose — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2020 Hibernated

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nilay patel @reckless

I tend to agree with @benthompson's argument that another huge shift in tech might not happen — but I would also point out that huge car companies are direct competitors with low switching costs, while the tech giants compete in slices and impose lock-in https://t.co/b2TlHenban https://t.co/68ik0iXx0Q — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2020 Hibernated

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nilay patel @reckless

This is extremely obvious if, say, you run a publication that reviews products and tries to help people get the most for their money — the "best" product for someone is often more correlated to what operating system their phone runs than anything else — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2020 Hibernated