Episode 127 — The Worst-Case Scenario

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Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James discuss Facebook and where both its critics and executives go wrong. It’s time for everyone to consider the worst-case scenarios. NOTE: We unfortunately had significant audio issues this week on both sides (which, by the way, had nothing to do with the cut cable referenced in the podcast ). Our apologies. Presented by MailChimp Links Ben Thompson: Defining Aggregators — Stratechery This is why tech companies won’t disclose content of Russian ads — The Outline Ben Thompson: Trustworthy Networking — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Manifestos and Monopolies — Stratechery Ben Thompson: The Voters Decide — Stratechery The Barriers … Continue reading Episode 127 — The Worst-Case Scenario

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0:00.0	Hi, James. Ben, how are you?
0:02.5	Apparently in a rush, because you have to run, so we're going to do a speed podcast.
0:06.8	I appreciate this, and it probably isn't helped by the fact that someone in Asia decided to start cutting undersea cables.
0:15.2	Well, it's weird. So the Taiwan, this happens a lot. But the cable connecting Taiwan to the U. the US is not cut, but there's like a bunch of cables
0:23.9	in Southeast Asia that are cut.
0:25.7	And I suspect lots of traffic is flowing up through the cables that we usually use.
0:29.2	The longest short of it is that my internet connection has been awful for the last
0:34.5	couple weeks.
0:35.5	And so our fingers are crossed that they will carry us through this
0:38.6	podcast. A self-reparing network, but unfortunately not a self-expanding network. So our things to
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1:01.3	exponent as they do every week.
1:02.5	Yep.
1:03.0	Indeed.
1:05.7	So last week was a therapy session.
1:09.1	Today is a, I don't know i'm not sure i don't
1:12.0	sure exactly how to frame it i guess say there is there's this weird dynamic sorry we're
1:17.9	talking about facebook again but it's it's kind of in escapable this point and there's this i mean
1:22.8	we've already patted our backup for a few episodes now for sort of anticipating this sort of backlash against
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