Episode 129 — The Disruption Antidote

Ben and James discuss why acquisitions should be the focus of tech regulators in the context of Facebook buying tbh today, and Instagram and WhatsApp previously.

Links

• Ben Thompson: Why Facebook Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Buy TBH — Stratechery
• Marco Arment: The Impossible Dream of USB-C — Marco.org
• Ben Thompson: Peak Google — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Mobile Makes Facebook Just an App; That’s Great News — Stratechery
• Ben Thompson: Revisiting Peak Google, Again — Stratechery Daily Update
• Ben Thompson: Defining Aggregators — Stratechery

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

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