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So Elon's a "visionary" who wants to turn X into a single website where you can do everything — kinda like Yahoo! (aus.social)
submitted 1 year ago by ajsadauskas@aus.social to c/technology@beehaw.org
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So Elon's a "visionary" who wants to turn X into a single website where you can do everything — kinda like Yahoo!

He wants his new MySpaceX portal to be a website...

Where you can message people: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Messenger

Where you can stream audio: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com

Where you can stream videos: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Screen

Where you can create social media posts: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_360%C2%B0

Where you can manage your finances: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Finance

Where you can share photos: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Photos

Where you can earn money publishing content: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Publisher_Network

Where you can find a job: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_HotJobs

Where you can buy and sell stuff: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Auctions

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this truly is a vision for the future — if by "the future" you mean 1997.

#tech #technology #twitter #X #musk #ElonMusk @technology #yahoo

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[–] Blaubarschmann@feddit.de 98 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's a basic rule that can be applied to lots of things: If a company offers a lot of different products or one product that can do everything, usually none of those are really good. Typical example would be a restaurant that serves everything from pizza/pasta, asian cuisine/sushi to steak, burgers and so on

[–] Sina@beehaw.org 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"If a company offers a lot of different products or one product that can do everything, usually none of those are really good. "

I wish this applied to Google xD (Their search & web browser used to be good. Their cloud/photo storage and email services are still amazing.)

[–] ajsadauskas@aus.social 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Sina @Blaubarschmann Google is more like a restaurant that has a large chalk board covered with specials. The kind that has a soup of the day, and a fish of the day, and a chef's special.

There are a few core menu items that are perennials on its printed menu. Search, maps, photos, ads, Gmail, Google Docs, Chrome, Android, Chromebook, YouTube...

Then there's the messaging app of the day, the TV platform of the day, the flavour-of-the-month device selection...

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

And a bunch of items you really don't want to order even if they are technically on the menu.

[–] whataboutshutup@discuss.online 7 points 1 year ago

They are like an abusive ex promising you everything after a breakup, but slowly undermining your will in general.

[–] substill@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

That’s the Cheesecake Factory.