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Very interesting to see what they think of their competition: > We face significant competition in almost every aspect of our business both domestically and in
by melvinmt 10y ago
Very interesting to see what they think of their competition:
> We face significant competition in almost every aspect of our business both domestically and internationally. This includes larger, more established companies such as Apple, Facebook (including Instagram and WhatsApp), Google (including YouTube), Twitter, Kakao, LINE, Naver (including Snow), and Tencent, which provide their users with a variety of products, services, content, and online advertising offerings, and smaller companies that offer products and services that may compete with specific Snapchat features.
> For example, Instagram, a subsidiary of Facebook, recently introduced a “stories” feature that largely mimics our Stories feature and may be directly competitive. We may also lose users to small companies that offer products and services that compete with specific Snapchat features because of the low cost for our users to switch to a different product or service.
> Many of our current and potential competitors have significantly greater resources and broader global recognition and occupy better competitive positions in certain markets than we do. These factors may allow our competitors to respond to new or emerging technologies and changes in market requirements better than we can.
> Our competitors may also develop products, features, or services that are similar to ours or that achieve greater market acceptance. These products, features, and services may undertake more far-reaching and successful product development efforts or marketing campaigns, or may adopt more aggressive pricing policies.
- clock_tower 10y agoAt least they're honest! Maybe it's the sector I'm in, but I rarely see this kind of candor in my sub-field of technology...
- rjeli 10y agoThey are required by law to disclose this in SEC filings
- Game_Ender 10y agoI feel like S1 filings are always brutally honest like this. I believe it's a legal thing, they are afraid of future suits.
- clock_tower 10y agoI hadn't known this! I definitely need to start reading S-1 filings for companies I'm interested in; I'm still an amateur at a lot of this...
- ehaughee 10y agoSomeone correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't they legally required to disclose this kind of information? Couldn't it could be considered misleading investors otherwise?
- baby_wipe 10y agoThis probably has more to do with anti-trust concerns. They don't want to appear as a monopoly to regulators.
- rising-sky 10y agoNo, they are legally required to or could potentially be sued by investors for misleading