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Ben Thompson

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01 / belief

Not having access to that is definitely one of them. But the problem is that it's such a huge market now that I think there are fewer and fewer restaurants, in that a lot of these places actually just straight up close their storefronts are just ghost kitchens basically.

“Not having access to that is definitely one of them. But the problem is that it's such a huge market now that I think there are fewer and fewer restaurants, in that a lot of these places actually just straight up close their storefronts are just ghost kitchens basically.”
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Ben Thompson
Publisher
Cheeky Pint

05 / belief

I think there's massive economic reasons to do so, which is all the revenue you're going to be foregoing in 2029 if you don't do it now, and then we'll happily get geopolitical insurance for free.

“I think there's massive economic reasons to do so, which is all the revenue you're going to be foregoing in 2029 if you don't do it now, and then we'll happily get geopolitical insurance for free.”
Speaker
Ben Thompson
Publisher
Cheeky Pint

07 / belief

Not just a six billion humans typing away, but agents generating stuff sort of constantly. And in that world, I think crypto as an identifier of authenticity is going to be more and more important.

“Not just a six billion humans typing away, but agents generating stuff sort of constantly. And in that world, I think crypto as an identifier of authenticity is going to be more and more important.”
Speaker
Ben Thompson
Publisher
Cheeky Pint

09 / belief

I think that's the other company I've mostly been pretty right about over the years along with Microsoft or probably my two long standing best calls, but I'm not like waking up in the morning killing myself.

“I think that's the other company I've mostly been pretty right about over the years along with Microsoft or probably my two long standing best calls, but I'm not like waking up in the morning killing myself.”
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Ben Thompson
Publisher
Acquired

14 / belief

I think that of my work experience, the Microsoft bit was certainly the most impactful, not just because of what I learned about Microsoft, but just what you learn about big companies (I think) in general.

“I think that of my work experience, the Microsoft bit was certainly the most impactful, not just because of what I learned about Microsoft, but just what you learn about big companies (I think) in general.”
Speaker
Ben Thompson
Publisher
Acquired

15 / belief

To go to the back of the Hawaii trip, there was an aspect about going to Microsoft. It's like, well, I should go to a place that is directly oppositional to everything I believe in.

“To go to the back of the Hawaii trip, there was an aspect about going to Microsoft. It's like, well, I should go to a place that is directly oppositional to everything I believe in.”
Speaker
Ben Thompson
Publisher
Acquired

16 / belief

I think, actually, often the better interviews are with other analysts or people in different spaces. This also solved the how do I cover startups, because part of not being a reporter and being independent is that public companies have to disclose a lot of data.

“I think, actually, often the better interviews are with other analysts or people in different spaces. This also solved the how do I cover startups, because part of not being a reporter and being independent is that public companies have to disclose a lot of data.”
Speaker
Ben Thompson
Publisher
Acquired

18 / belief

One thing I think is great, sort of I went back to Substack and making it easy to pay, I think the real great thing for Substack and Substack writers today, it's not that it's easy to pay, but people aren't scared to give their money to some random writer on the Internet.

“One thing I think is great, sort of I went back to Substack and making it easy to pay, I think the real great thing for Substack and Substack writers today, it's not that it's easy to pay, but people aren't scared to give their money to some random writer on the Internet.”
Speaker
Ben Thompson
Publisher
Acquired

27 / belief

I think there’s going to be a mind shift, where we need to be willing to go into those areas with massive regulatory overhead, with massive red tape, because that’s the real growth opportunity.

“I think there’s going to be a mind shift, where we need to be willing to go into those areas with massive regulatory overhead, with massive red tape, because that’s the real growth opportunity.”
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Ben Thompson
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

29 / belief

I think there’s a bigger challenge, in general, for a company like Facebook where, if you think about public relations, it’s very tied up into the media and that sort of area, where there’s a certain tension already in that sort of relationship, particularly when it comes to the health of their underlying businesses.

“I think there’s a bigger challenge, in general, for a company like Facebook where, if you think about public relations, it’s very tied up into the media and that sort of area, where there’s a certain tension already in that sort of relationship, particularly when it comes to the health of their underlying businesses.”
Speaker
Ben Thompson
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

32 / belief

I think the attributing causation to these companies when, if you think about how they work and how they have power in the market, it is by giving people what they want, which it follows — people want to be polarized, they’re going to get polarized things.

“I think the attributing causation to these companies when, if you think about how they work and how they have power in the market, it is by giving people what they want, which it follows — people want to be polarized, they’re going to get polarized things.”
Speaker
Ben Thompson
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler
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