Facebook and the Cost of Monopoly – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Facebook gave one of the worst keynotes in a long time: there was no vision, just the adoption of Snap’s. It’s the inevitable outcome of a monopoly.

Facebook and the Cost of Monopoly – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Skip to content Facebook and the Cost of Monopoly Wednesday, April 19, 2017 The shamelessness was breathtaking. Having told a few jokes, summarized his manifesto , and acknowledged the victim of the so-called “Facebook-killer” in Cleveland, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg opened his keynote presentation at the company’s F8 developer conference like this: You may have noticed that we rolled out some cameras across our apps recently. That was Act One. Photos and videos are becoming more central to ho

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