Comment by aliasxneo
6 months ago
> and to make use of it mandatory
That was really the part I was most curious about. As the article points out, a lot of big tech has been trying to make their app economy "indispensable" to consumers, but competition seems to have thwarted that mostly. If Elon is saying he'll make it mandatory by other means, then I'm really curious to hear what he is saying on the subject.
Thwarted??
Can you run a business if you're not on Google Maps?
You absolutely can if you don’t have locations that are open to customers.
What I hear from the marketing folks I work with is that these days it’s less about Google and more “if you’re not advertising on Facebook, you’re not advertising.” (US centric perspective.)
I think you missed the context. Thwarted in the sense that none of them have the necessity and reach of WeChat.
Then can you run a business without Visa?
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