AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app

TechCrunch reports that the streaming wars are ending in convergence. For the past decade, companies like Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, and TikTok competed by specializing in different formats — music, video, podcasts, audiobooks. As AI makes it easier to create, organize, and recommend content across those silos, the distinctions are fading. The major players are now becoming all-purpose entertainment destinations instead.

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