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My point was the meta-search engine will eliminate the friction and eat the whole pie.
by acchow 10y ago
My 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.