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Along those same lines, the weirdest thing to me about the concept of an “everything app” is that it basically just describes an operating system.

iOS, MacOS, Windows, Android, Linux, etc. are already the “everything” apps.

Why the do we need an app that can do everything inside of an app that can already do everything?

It’s like wearing a hat on top of your hat.

I think your thesis about WeChat being more about a domestic choke point over the freedom of computing in China is largely correct.



Browsers also meet the everything app definition. The only gap I see is that there's not a single identity provider in front of Twitter, Venmo, and Robinhood, which seems to be Musk's vision. When you think of it that way it becomes clear it's about building a single social graph and the lock-in and surveillance risks become really glaring.


Browsers are the operating system for the web, yes.


Didn't Facebook Connect fill that identity gap?


We (consumers) don't need it, but companies like the idea of complete control over an app you never leave


Because they want to monetise and own the entire thing, even more than the most successful "everything app" (iOS) already does.




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