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Ask HN: Services ripe for disruption?
I wonder, which services do you think are ripe for disruption, why and why didn't that happen yet?
My example:
eBay
Why:
- Legacy code showing through everywhere
- all-around toxic environment (various ways to get screwed over, either as a seller or a customer)
- ..probably lots of other reasons
Why didn't it happen yet:
Good question, there are lot of similar marketplaces around - seems like there has to happen something else to make eBay struggle.
- Cozumel 9y ago>Legacy code showing through everywhere That's a programmers perspective. We're not like end users, they really don't care what stack a website uses so long as it works. Looking at craigslist they don't even care if it looks decent. I think what matters to them is that it has utility.
- tomtomau 9y agoeBay does have some stake to some patents in the domain though: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-effects-of-eBays-patents-on-online-auctions https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-effects-of-eBays-patents-...