Andrew Baer

Hey Andrew great read. Even though it would be an inconvenience to people if apple took twitter off of their platform, the app has so much Market share and usage that people would overcome the inconvenience and people would still use the app in the same capacity.

Hey Andrew,
I think it would be fair for Apple to remove Twitter from the App Store. The app has gotten away from its traditional platform of “free” speech to a playground for a bored billionaire. One thing about Apple, they’re going to protect their reputation, no matter what. There’s a few issues Twitter’s new takeover poses that aren’t being received very well. The main one being the price of account verification: $8 (or other amounts) gets your account verified whether you’re legit or not. For starters, in-app purchases aren’t something Twitter users are accustomed to and I don’t think that’ll change. Apple is known for allowing and transparently communicating in-app purchases, so users are aware upfront. Apple is a brand known for consistency, Twitter is a state of change and transformation. It’ll be interesting to see if the two continue a partnership of sorts or not.

Hey Andrew,

I had always wondered what the process for getting apps into the App Store was like. Because how do I know that whatever I’m downloading is safe? It makes me feel better that there is an intensive process to get approved.

I also didn’t know that Apple takes a percentage of in-app purchases, but that makes total sense to me. Since they are the means that an app I collecting revenue, they should get a portion of that.

Although I agree that it wouldn’t be very good for Twitter to get kicked off of the App Store, it’s good to know that if the app strayed too far and was doing harm that it can be less accessible through the control Apple has over the App Store.

Hey Andrew,

Hearing about all the things Elon wants to do with Twitter definitely intrigues me. His idea of encouraging users to pay $8 per month in an effort to get rid of bots might be a game changer in the social media world if it turns out to work. Maybe some day in the future we will all be paying monthly for our social channels.

Hey Andrew!
This was a great post. I’m a big Disney fan, and honestly, cheered when I found out Chapek was out. I agree that it’s unlikely that Apple will purchase Disney. It just doesn’t make sense, the companies are too different and it would add a lot of new facets to manage within Apple, like the Disney parks, etc. Even with their similarities, like tech software and show/film production, their portfolios are too massive to merge. I think everyone is wary considering Musk’s purchase of Twitter. It will be interesting to see how Disney and Apple continue competing in areas where they’re similar, though.

Hey Andrew, great read.
I agree, I don’t think buying Apple makes sense for business. If Disney were to buy apple, it would be like a power move showing off all the money they have. But they have plenty of money to fund their own products and become successful in any business venture they want to pursue in.

Andrew,

I honestly found the concept of blockchain to be a but confusing, so thank you for offering another example here. To answer your question, I think a decentralized organizational structure could be appealing and gain traction. People are becoming increasingly frustrated with how much more CEOs are making than their staff, and this could serve as a potential solution to this. The pay gap is insane! Check out this EPI report that I found: https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-compensation-surged-14-in-2019-to-21-3-million-ceos-now-earn-320-times-as-much-as-a-typical-worker/.

Hey Andrew!
This is a super interesting post. I also didn’t really find the concept of blockchain to be super clear, but this is an interesting example. I really like the idea of DAOs and think they could definitely gain traction and popularity. The only barrier would be those that are in charge, if they’re not open to those “under” them making more money or potentially being more successful, then I can’t see them implementing this. Companies that care about their people would probably be more open to this, and I think it’s a great idea. It will be very interesting to see what companies will start to move towards this, and how other companies respond. Hopefully, huge disparity in company pay will be a thing of the past!

Hey Andrew
Great read and thought it was very informative. Personally I think blockchain is and will always be a tricky concept to explain but I know it is starting to be utilized in simple tasks to help systems run more efficiently. I think that the more that technology and cryptocurrency advance in everyday life, we will see decentralized organizational structures gain more popularity.