I believe this was the same battle fought by local bookstores when Amazon was just an online bookseller. I suppose someone will try again. It's largely a netwo

I believe this was the same battle fought by local bookstores when Amazon was just an online bookseller. I suppose someone will try again. It's largely a network effect and economy of scale, perhaps? But then again, people build new browsers, car and/or space technology companies, or similarly "insurmountable" projects.