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As it's bee said many time before: - the difference between 'x-like' and 'x-dropin-replacent' is huge. Everybody can make a twitter clone in an hour. Howeve
by sametmax 10y ago
As it's bee said many time before:
- the difference between 'x-like' and 'x-dropin-replacent' is huge. Everybody can make a twitter clone in an hour. However, if you want to build the search feature, handle the conversations corner cases, have the same pixel perfect ui and scale, it takes years.
- the value of uber is not in the app.
- Veen 10y agoNo, the value is not in the app, it's in the data, the network effects, and the ability to connect drivers and riders. Unfortunately, none of that matters if you live in Siberia because that's also not where the "value" is. This is a great little application that solves a specific problem that a company like Uber never will. Critiquing it because "it's not that hard" and "that's not where the value is" really misses the point, and illustrates something of the rottenness in the Silicon Valley / VC approach.