I'm sure they took privacy and data security very seriously, but they do have a Reputation. People I talk to thought of it as a telescreen, not a video conferencing tool. That probably hurt sales. I wonder if Meta could…
Regulated fractional reserve banks are usually insured by the regulators. If the bank goes bust, the government covers the customers' losses up to a predetermined amount (FDIC covers $250k per account in the US). This…
Their vertically-integrated logistics provides plenty of friction for switching. Sure, you could type in a different URL. But the free shipping option will probably be slow if it exists, and you'll need to place several…
Machiavellian is such an odd word. People use it to mean mendacious, cunning, self-serving...but Machiavelli himself spent his later years in political exile. His seminal work reads like a groveling apology masquerading…
This is my go-to. "Hey, kids - let's learn how to cut glass tubes and produce gases like Hydrogen and Chlorine!" Most parents recoil. But it's not really that dangerous in a well-ventilated, adult-supervised setting.…
I'm sure they took privacy and data security very seriously, but they do have a Reputation. People I talk to thought of it as a telescreen, not a video conferencing tool. That probably hurt sales. I wonder if Meta could…
Regulated fractional reserve banks are usually insured by the regulators. If the bank goes bust, the government covers the customers' losses up to a predetermined amount (FDIC covers $250k per account in the US). This…
Their vertically-integrated logistics provides plenty of friction for switching. Sure, you could type in a different URL. But the free shipping option will probably be slow if it exists, and you'll need to place several…
Machiavellian is such an odd word. People use it to mean mendacious, cunning, self-serving...but Machiavelli himself spent his later years in political exile. His seminal work reads like a groveling apology masquerading…
This is my go-to. "Hey, kids - let's learn how to cut glass tubes and produce gases like Hydrogen and Chlorine!" Most parents recoil. But it's not really that dangerous in a well-ventilated, adult-supervised setting.…