More from Essays - Benedict Evans
With every platform shift, we want to measure the growth but we’re confused about what to measure. That’s partly a problem of data and definitions, but it’s really a question about what this is going to be.
Generative AI chatbots might be a life-changing transformation in the nature of computing, that can replace all software, but so far, most of its users only pick it up every week or two, and far fewer have made it part of their lives. Is that a time problem or a product problem?
Software ate the world. Uber and Airbnb didn’t sell software - they disrupted and redefined markets. But what kind of disruption are we talking about ?
OpenAI’s Deep Research is built for me, and I can’t use it. It’s another amazing demo, until it breaks. But it breaks in really interesting ways.
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The top two sports-leagues by revenue in the world are NFL ($23B)...and College Football ($14B), the latter alone makes more than NBA, MLB or English Premiere League.
Hello and welcome to another premium newsletter. Thanks as ever for subscribing, and please email me at ez@betteroffline.com to say hello. As I've written again and again, the costs of running generative AI do not make sense. Every single company offering any kind of generative AI
The beatings will continue until someone comes in and fudges the data.
Legacy brands and startups alike grapple with slowing growth.
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