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> It's a weird development and I wonder what the long term effects of this attitude will be. Optimistically, middlemen or automated tools that ease the pain of
by kodablah 9y ago
> It's a weird development and I wonder what the long term effects of this attitude will be.
Optimistically, middlemen or automated tools that ease the pain of changing in hard-to-enter markets. In easier-to-enter markets, the emergence of companies respecting simple pricing (we've already seen some of this). Simplicity will win in the long run, again, unless it's a market that can keep competitors out.
- tom_mellior 9y ago> Optimistically, middlemen or automated tools that ease the pain of changing in hard-to-enter markets. Not sure what it's like outside of the EU, but what made it easy and attractive to swich mobile operators here were neither "middlemen or automated tools". It was regulation. Namely, the EU directive that forced mobile operators to allow you to take your phone number with you when switching to another operator. Before this you had to get a new phone number when you switched operators, which was a huge disincentive.
- kodablah 9y agoIt's like that outside the EU too (e.g. in the US).