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Ryan Cole examines how telecom, streaming, gaming, and social media collapsed into overlapping ecosystems competing for attention. From AT&T buying studios to Fortnite hosting concerts, he traces how industries abandoned specialization for vertical integration—transforming discrete services into bundled mega-platforms that recreate cable's problems at higher costs with worse interfaces. Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTV This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

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This episode was published on April 11, 2026.

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Ryan Cole examines how telecom, streaming, gaming, and social media collapsed into overlapping ecosystems competing for attention. From AT&T buying studios to Fortnite hosting concerts, he traces how industries abandoned specialization for vertical...

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