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What is discussed
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Starting from the financial results cited in his account, Marco considers big technology companies’ power and their ability to seek new markets while existing business models still work. In this episode published in 2022, he presents the metaverse as a possible new digital infrastructure combining virtual reality, augmented reality and digital objects. He connects Facebook’s interest with a wish to rely less on Apple’s and Google’s app stores. These are interpretations and forecasts from that period, rather than an account of today’s outcomes.
Key points
- Scale, acquisitions and platform control underpin his account of big tech’s power.
- Marco observes that a company can seek its next market while still profiting from the current one.
- He presents the metaverse as a possible convergence of virtual and augmented environments with digital activities.
- Control of infrastructure and app stores makes competition a question of dependencies between companies.
