Fred Wilson calls it as it is, as usual, talking about the YouTube API changes. I’ve always thought that YouTube sort of invented embedding code - at least they made it public on a big scale. I think I’m going to subtitle this conference ‘Everything Everywhere’

Everything Everywhere

Here’s my headline. You cannot be a destination exclusively on the Internet anymore. If you are not an open web service, you won’t get nearly as far these days.
So if you are building a new web service today, forget about being a destination. Maybe it will happen and maybe it won’t. Don’t fuss about that. Focus on making your service available everywhere. If you do that, you’ll build a much larger user base.

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