In software, strategic value emerges where the meaningful state accretes.
- In software, strategic value emerges where the meaningful state accretes.
- This is different in a world of hardware.
- For example, the UX / app-defaults of Waymo is not the primary differentiator.
- In the world of hardware, the "meaningful state" is the accumulated hardware.
- A capital cost moat that makes it increasingly hard for competitors to come after.