New post: smart homes and vegetable peelers. How many smart things will we have in our homes? What will make sense? How much room is there here for startups? Will all these devices be connected to Alexa, and if they are, will it matter?https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2018/1/4/smart-homes-and-vegetable-peelers …
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Replying to @benedictevans
I think the relevant conversation is about the how, not the if. There is a reason that, post Siri, nearly every top tech Co is investing billions in this war. Like search, there will be a big winner(s) and whomever prevails will rule the digital revenue streams of the future.
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Replying to @Dagk @benedictevans
Dag, I fully agree. I could not think of a person in a better position to comment on this subject. Thank you.
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @benedictevans
We’re in the first inning. BE’s observations ring true on where we’re at, but as 3rd-parties join this game in a meaningful way just like the “App Store effect” on mobile this game changes in a big, big way.
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Replying to @Dagk @BrianRoemmele
The whole point of my argument is that third party development does not fix the problem in any way
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Replying to @benedictevans @BrianRoemmele
When the ecosystem doesn’t require you to change the way you ask for something, then it’s game on. Your point is well taken on today’s ecosystems. Until it’s natural, not unnatural language things change. Preferred developers make money. The new SEO.
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Replying to @Dagk @BrianRoemmele
I think invocation words are a secondary issue - the primary issue is remembering the skill itself is there, regardless of whether you need a specific wording to get to it. Similar to a smart watch - how many new habits can you form?
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Replying to @benedictevans @Dagk
Benedict, this is the problem ever new platform faces. The PC (Vic 20, Sinclair) started with the “what can I do with this” questions and for almost a decade required magazines with printed BASIC lines of code to be entered. We are actually before this stage in
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @Dagk
No, that’s a different issue entirely. The voice problem not what it *can* do, but that you cannot *remember* what it can do. And absent a screen, there’s no natural way to find out.
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Benedict, I hear ya. There are many useful ways to solve for this. The screen did not really fix this problem for PCs. Even indigenous OS apps and functions are not know to a majority of users e.g.: Apple Service.
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