Yeah that was great. Biggest stage? Not a bad case. Is it a huge battle? Absolutely. But "most important"? Lol.This guy's constant characterization of the entire SEA market as super homogeneous pretty borderline racist IMO. Also this comment killed me:
Similarly, you may not remember, but Microsoft created the XBox as a response to the Playstation, which was looming as an existential threat to Microsoft's business. If every household had a Playstation, and it became their window into the online world, then the PC would be obsoleted, or so their thinking went at the time. It wasn't a guaranteed outcome, but it was dangerous enough to warrant a competitive response from Microsoft. They executed really well and achieved dominance for years, right up until that dumbass VP (what was his name?) ruined everything at E3 a couple years ago, by doing everything I accused Google of recently: Losing touch with their customers, being arrogant, and launching something nobody wanted. Now Microsoft is on the bottom again in that space, struggling to catch up.
Some people have responded negatively to my post's tone, because we Westerners (especially in the tech industry) are pretty jaded. My post was a reflection of the experience I had last week in Jakarta, which is a world so different as to be almost something out of the movies. Unless you've been there yourself, it's hard to appreciate how big this disruptor is.
He made some salient points but I think it's going to get glossed over since it sounds somewhat hypocritical coming from someone joining, in his words, the Uber of Southeast Asia.