But what about free sp... Oh! That's, uh, not so free, isn't it...

https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1350429324739031041

As a matter of fact, kicking out liars and trolls frees thought and speech: "Analysis Finds Online Election Misinformation Fell by 73% After Trump Barred" commondreams.org/news/2021/01/1…

THIS: “The market power of companies like Amazon and Facebook was the result of their size, industry dominance, and immunity from new competitive threats. It was not created by their user interfaces.” americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/ubers-… And this: “While automation would… allow car services to eliminate drivers, these savings would be offset… by much higher vehicle costs, along with major capital risks that Uber currently avoids. It is unclear whether any single firm would eventually dominate this industry”

Big, if true: “Apple reportedly plans to eventually incorporate Texture into its own premium subscription service—like Apple Music, but for news.” If this time they have the coolness to not cut off 30%, this could be changing the game quite a bit. slate.com/technology/201… Most people we’ve talked to over the years are ready to generally pay for news in a Netflix like model. Close to no one care to pay a single publisher. News organizations were not able to do this independently as antitrust laws would forbid price agreements.

The move of business consultancies into the agency territory is puzzling. There is not much money to be made in the agency region anymore. Big companies have their own, very talented tech teams, now. There are fewer and fewer mandates. They should know that.

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The reason why agencies offer consulting services is hardly that they have an "inferiority complex" because of McKinsey & Co. Consulting internal teams is what we are more and more asked to do. Insight into various design projects may be an agency's main capital these days.