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by ArlenBales 513 days ago
Why do you think websites are on the way out? Do you think everyone is going to download an app from the app store for a website? Like instead of mypersonalsite.com I would have an app in the app store? Or do you envision a web where every site has the exact same structure and aesthetic, like a Finder window in macOS, and only the data is different?

Either scenario seems unlikely to me and I've seen no proof we're trending that way.

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I don't think websites will literally cease to exist, and web applications aren't going anywhere, but the future is probably closer to:

> a web where every site has the exact same structure and aesthetic, like a Finder window in macOS, and only the data is different?

That "finder window" is Google AI search responses or Google Business listings or Perplexity or Facebook or LinkedIn.

These "websites" are being generated by platforms in real-time. There are billions of people on the internet -- are they mostly going to websites or are they going to platforms, and which direction do you forecast their behavior will trend going forward?