I do not think smart speakers have product-market fit. Or more precisely, I think the fit they have found is not one that gives Amazon or Google any great strategic benefit
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People are buying and using them so there is product market fit. Big time. The bigger point I agree with is that they aren’t an important or essential part of people lives yet. Cue seamless third-party user experiences. That’s the missing link...
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Replying to @Dagk @benedictevans
People bought Netbooks, yet they were not a great fit for purpose. With enough marketing and low enough price people will buy a pet rock or Chia pet...
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John, great point. Yet at what point of saturation does one concede that the model they are using to try to reflect reality, empirically does not fit? After holiday season 2018 we will be far past the 50 percentile of US adoption of stand-alone
#VoiceFirst devices.pic.twitter.com/RzZWJSthDO
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Yeah, since the product in question is the fastest adopted product ever, used by 50% of US households within 5 years of launch its a tough argument against. That said, I agree with every word that this ecosystem is still a mess. Imagine when it isn’t.
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Nintendo wii was fastest adopted console they redleased but failed horribly to adopt developers or a tail or dev revenue. iPhone vs. android. Comparing market share vs revenue and profit for ecosystem isn’t always apples/apples.
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John, great point. The thing that makes #VoiceFirst devices reaching over 59% of US households in less than 5 years is that it reaches a general consumer audience. The power comes from the next layers of abstraction. WII was a constrained group and development environment.
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