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Because they are competitors? But hey there is https://blendle.com https://blendle.com I think it works pretty well

us0r 9y ago
Banks are a great example of this: "Mastercard, originally known as Interbank/Master Charge, was created by several California banks as a competitor to the BankAmericard issued by Bank of America, which later became the Visa credit card issued by Visa Inc." SWIFT: "SWIFT was founded in Brussels in 1973 under the leadership of its inaugural CEO Carl Reuterskiöld (1973–1983) and was supported by 239 banks in fifteen countries" Several others I can't think of right now.
- BerislavLopac 9y ago
  It's not the right comparison. Yes, banks compete with each other, but when someone changes their bank they don't change it that soon/often (unlike newspaper subscriptions, which rarely last for longer than a year). Additionally, banks have to interact (at least when transferring funds), unlike newspapers which have no incentive to exchange anything.
lars_francke 9y ago
It works for things like Spotify as well. Competitors offering their products on a common platform. Revenue can be distributed by how often content from a certain provider is consumed. Car2Go will probably soon be owned by Daimler and BMW as well.
- oneeyedpigeon 9y ago
  > Revenue can be distributed by how often content from a certain provider is consumed. This is the readability/brave model. I don't know why it hasn't taken off yet, but I really want it to.
- icc97 9y ago
  Car2Go is already owned by Daimler[0] why would they share that with BMW? [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car2Go https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car2Go
  - lars_francke 9y ago
    BMW owns the carsharing service DriveNow together with Sixt. Sixt just agreed (today? yesterday?) to sell their stake to BMW so that Car2Go and DriveNow can merge. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bmw-daimler-carsharing/bmw-and-daimler-close-to-merging-car-sharing-units-executive-idUSKBN1FC2L6?il=0 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bmw-daimler-carsharing/bm...

us0r 9y ago

Banks are a great example of this: "Mastercard, originally known as Interbank/Master Charge, was created by several California banks as a competitor to the BankAmericard issued by Bank of America, which later became the Visa credit card issued by Visa Inc." SWIFT: "SWIFT was founded in Brussels in 1973 under the leadership of its inaugural CEO Carl Reuterskiöld (1973–1983) and was supported by 239 banks in fifteen countries" Several others I can't think of right now.

BerislavLopac 9y ago
It's not the right comparison. Yes, banks compete with each other, but when someone changes their bank they don't change it that soon/often (unlike newspaper subscriptions, which rarely last for longer than a year). Additionally, banks have to interact (at least when transferring funds), unlike newspapers which have no incentive to exchange anything.

lars_francke 9y ago

It works for things like Spotify as well. Competitors offering their products on a common platform. Revenue can be distributed by how often content from a certain provider is consumed. Car2Go will probably soon be owned by Daimler and BMW as well.

oneeyedpigeon 9y ago
> Revenue can be distributed by how often content from a certain provider is consumed. This is the readability/brave model. I don't know why it hasn't taken off yet, but I really want it to.
icc97 9y ago
Car2Go is already owned by Daimler[0] why would they share that with BMW? [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car2Go https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car2Go
- lars_francke 9y ago
  BMW owns the carsharing service DriveNow together with Sixt. Sixt just agreed (today? yesterday?) to sell their stake to BMW so that Car2Go and DriveNow can merge. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bmw-daimler-carsharing/bmw-and-daimler-close-to-merging-car-sharing-units-executive-idUSKBN1FC2L6?il=0 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bmw-daimler-carsharing/bm...