Ep. 179: The Battle for Tech Supremacy With Ben Thompson

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Stratechery founder Ben Thompson to discuss the Apple–LeBron James comparison (6:00), Netflix's dominance (14:00), Hulu's handicap (21:00), Twitter's lack of evolution (27:00), Facebook and Google's advertising strategy (37:00), Slack's upside (43:00), and the perks of living in Taiwan (52:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:17.2	my mom, buys opera tickets.
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1:00.3	We are also brought to you by the Ringer NBA show and the Ringer NFL show because I was
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