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Technically you are correct, but you are just nitpicking. We understood exactly what he meant.
by hmate9 10y ago
Technically you are correct, but you are just nitpicking. We understood exactly what he meant.
- acchow 10y agoMy point was the meta-search engine will eliminate the friction and eat the whole pie.
- notahacker 10y agoA corollary of this is that whilst meta-search engines didn't take very much of the pie for themselves, the fiercer price-competition they imposed did take a much bigger chunk out of airlines' margins, and particularly the margins of travel agents reselling airline tickets. Uber at present is a travel agent, not an airline
- 55555 10y agoJust as they have, interestingly, in the airline industry. Most people go to kayak, hipmunk, skyscanner, monondo, etc. The existence of meta search engines are a hint that the service is a commodity and margins will be slim.