Perhaps it's more accurate to say we will benefit disproportionately due to a sort of IP hegemony, but that will still be salt in a wound to all the people who can't duplicate our success. The end result will be ugly.
Also, they left out Russia. Russia mostly doesn't use google or facebook. They use homegrown vk and yandex. So at the very least they aren't data points for us and at best they may be a third (though probably lesser) success story. It all depends on how well the Putin regime does keeping it's hands off it's own little tech boom.
Apple, Google, and Facebook all do their level best to serve their customer's needs. The difference is that in the case of Apple their customers are the ones who purchase the phones. Because their product is phones. Google and Facebooks products are information and attention which put's different pressures on them. The results of these varying pressures have Pros and Cons for everybody involved. Apple Maps suck, their voice assistant isn't as good, but their privacy is a better if used carefully.
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Perhaps it's more accurate to say we will benefit disproportionately due to a sort of IP hegemony, but that will still be salt in a wound to all the people who can't duplicate our success. The end result will be ugly.
Also, they left out Russia. Russia mostly doesn't use google or facebook. They use homegrown vk and yandex. So at the very least they aren't data points for us and at best they may be a third (though probably lesser) success story. It all depends on how well the Putin regime does keeping it's hands off it's own little tech boom.
Apple, Google, and Facebook all do their level best to serve their customer's needs. The difference is that in the case of Apple their customers are the ones who purchase the phones. Because their product is phones. Google and Facebooks products are information and attention which put's different pressures on them. The results of these varying pressures have Pros and Cons for everybody involved. Apple Maps suck, their voice assistant isn't as good, but their privacy is a better if used carefully.