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It does. This is how e.g. digital economy works, and nothing could be done about that. In traditional economy, there can be e.g. a bakery shop in nearly every c
by atemerev 10y ago
It does. This is how e.g. digital economy works, and nothing could be done about that. In traditional economy, there can be e.g. a bakery shop in nearly every corner; people will just choose the closest one in most cases. In digital economy, all locality barriers are erased, if you need search, you go to Google, period. No need to evaluate other options as long as Google works OK. No legislation can change that (and if it could, it would bring much more problems than that).
- wyager 10y ago>This is how e.g. digital economy works, Even the slightest consideration will reveal that this is false. Uber and Lyft, Dropbox and Box, FBM and iMessage and Google Messenger and Whatsapp.
- atemerev 10y agoOk, two winners split it all (because people dislike monopolies). But that's about it.
- dflock 10y agoYou are failing to consider the costs of switching from one service to another - people will put up with quite a lot to avoid inconvenience - as well as network effects: there's no point switching messaging platforms if all your contacts are on the old one.