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Exponent

Episode 152 — Platforms Versus Aggregators

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James continue to discuss the differences between platforms and aggregators, including Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Netflix, Amazon, and Uber. Presented by WordPress.com: Get 15% off on a new site by visiting WordPress.com/Exponent. Links Ben Thompson: The Moat Map — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Books and Blogs — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Zillow, Aggregation, and Integration — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Tech’s Two Philosophies — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Casual Gaming is a Sustainable Business, but Not a Platform Differentiator — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Why Doesn’t Apple Enable Sustainable Businesses on the App Store? — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Apple’s China Problem — Stratechery … Continue reading Episode 152 — Platforms Versus Aggregators

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, James. Ben, how are you? I'm good. How are you? I'm doing well. This is a rare treat the second

0:06.9

time this week that we've had a conversation on this very topic. Yes, I did give you a call on

0:12.4

Monday night wanting to help work through the topic that we're talking about today. So hopefully

0:16.6

for our listeners, it will come off as a fresh conversation and not us rehashing talking

0:21.3

points that we already established.

0:22.8

I hope so too.

0:23.8

I'm feeling pretty good about this one.

0:25.7

Let's dive into it.

0:26.7

Good.

0:26.9

Well, first, we are excited to have WordPress.com as a sponsor, as we do every week, whether

0:31.0

you'd like to build a personal blog, a business site, or both creating your website on

0:34.4

WordPress.com helps others find you, remember you, and connect with you.

0:37.9

You don't need experience. They guide you through the process from start to finish and take care of the technical side to get your site up and running.

0:43.1

Their customer support team is made up of WordPress experts, eager to help you get the most from your site, and they're available to help 24 by 7.

0:49.8

Plan start at just $4 for month, and all plans include a custom domain name for the life of the plan.

0:54.9

So go to WordPress.com slash exponent.

0:58.3

To get 50% off your website today, that's WordPress.com slash exponent.

1:02.4

And it's interesting.

1:03.7

One of the reasons I like having WordPress as a sponsor is obviously I'm a believer broadly in blogs,

1:08.9

not just because I read a blog, but I really, like, I linked to the

1:12.3

daily after this week, this post that I wrote last fall called books and blogs, which I wrote

1:16.9

that post, it's actually the rare time that I wrote two weekly articles, opposed to them both

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