Ben Thompson
2 things Ben uses or recommends, from 1 episode.
Ben's top picks
What Ben uses or recommends most, ranked by how often and how strongly. Ad reads don't count.
Recommends it · 1 episode
"If you go in their stores, their app is unbelievable. It will guide you through the aisles to tell you exactly where to go to get the thing that you need. It's the best in-store app by far compared to anyone. I'm obsessed with the Walmart app."
What Ben warns against
Things Ben says to avoid or be careful with. Other experts don't always agree.
"The Xbox, the way I think about it — and a lot of gamers kind of get annoyed when I write about the gaming stuff because I don't really care about the game part of it, I'm more interested in the strategy and how that fits in the overall company. What is your review? This is a strategy that totally failed."
"The PlayStation 3 was Sony's big misstep in terms of the whole PlayStation era. They had this crazy processor called the Cell processor. The PlayStation 3 was way too expensive, ran super hot, and all these extra capabilities were not used."
"This is where we sort of get to the Game Pass disaster. Microsoft decides we're going to do Xbox Game Pass — instead of buying every individual game for $60, $70, $80, you pay one price per month and you get access to all the games in Game Pass. The problem is no independent developer was going to go for that."
All 2 of Ben's picks
- Amazon Uses it "My personal revealed preference is I would almost always want it from Amazon because I trust it's going to get there. I know where to go to look to see if it's on its way. I know where to go to process a return if I want to do that." +11 others
- Walmart App Recommends it "If you go in their stores, their app is unbelievable. It will guide you through the aisles to tell you exactly where to go to get the thing that you need. It's the best in-store app by far compared to anyone. I'm obsessed with the Walmart app." Only Ben