16:30:00 +07:00 Big Tech’s Biggest Bets (Or What It Takes to Build a Billion-User Platform) - It's a lengthy article but covers in a lot of detail the main large platforms in various areas. It's definitely worth the time to read, there's a load of financials, and just generally paints an incredibly broad picture of the current tech landscape. Seing it all in one article like this, I was struck by how unterecognisable the environment is compared to when I first got online. Maybe it's because I'm feeling particularly low energy today, but I just wanted to get through the article and found a lot of it unbelievably dull, though it's a well written article. I like the Android, iOS, SpaceX, OpenAI and a bit of the AR/VR coverage, but Alexa, gamming and everything else is super boring and tedious. I'm left wondering if I even am interested in more than about 20-30% of the tech industry. It's like a wonderful beautiful garden has been 80% turned into multi-level carparks. I guess technically they are ecosystems, they just sound and feel a bit lifeless to me. # www.matthewball.vc