Jon ErlichmanVerified account

90% of these things have been enabled by the introduction of the iPhone.

the phone with 25% market share?

Back in the day, iPhone accelerated the evolution. It's difficult to see that now, but it really was the case - innovation was stalling before iPhone.

The PSP was the iPhone before the iPhone. What we didn't have then was reliable Wi-Fi and what Sony lacked was a mobile carrier.

Also useful to note all the prominent technologies and sites that did exist in September 2008 … Google Facebook Twitter GitHub WhatsApp Amazon, including AWS Reddit YouTube Flickr Tumblr Netflix streaming iPhone Android… first commercially available phone was in September '08!

I'm wrong about *WhatsApp, which was first available in 2009. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp#2009%E2%80%932014 …

Good way to think about a ten year plan. Bill Gates quote is relevant. "We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction."

I have no idea what the point is.

Will be interesting to make this list again in 2028

Totally. Always interesting to see how fundamentally the world changes in a few years without being recognized by us, the people.

The jury is still out as to whether Snapchat still exists.

Trumpism Brexit

China the largest economy (GDP at PPP) in the world .