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Why does everyone think that a competitor must be able to operate at the scale of Uber/Airbnb the day it's released? How many taxi commissions thought "oh no on
by ethanbond 10y ago
Why does everyone think that a competitor must be able to operate at the scale of Uber/Airbnb the day it's released? How many taxi commissions thought "oh no one can dethrone us, no one has 10,000 cars!"
- dispatcher68 10y agoUber does not have meaningful network effects. Airbnb does. A competitor would need to be more than marginally better to compete subscale, as Airbnb was vs craigslist or original vrbo.
- thesimpsons1022 10y agoBecause I travel to paris one week and new york the other and seattle the other. If the listings aren't at all those places I discard the app and never use it again.