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No, but you could create a better note taking app than Google Keep, or a better email client than Gmail, or a better chat platform than Hangouts, etc... Sure,

No, but you could create a better note taking app than Google Keep, or a better email client than Gmail, or a better chat platform than Hangouts, etc... Sure, not everything is that easy, but an open internet does allow for a massive leg up that many other industries could only dream of. Imagine being able to take on Honda's lawnmower division competitively with less than $100 and a few months!

jazzyk 10y ago
The hallways of VC offices are littered with corpses of startup founders who did have a better app than Google, but were shown the door, because: you don't want to compete with Google. I should know - I am one of those corpses :-)
- jcoffland 10y ago
  Your mistake was relying on VC for success.
- sqeaky 10y ago
  Did you because an ISP squeezed you out of business? If not net neutrality helped you.
zepto 10y ago
At least you agree that Google search is unassailable. That's the misleading example I wish people to stop using. It's certainly true that the barrier to entry for new products is lower because of net neutrality.