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> You're just twisting words here. The fact that switching costs are too high means it's superior. I don't see how high switching costs implies superior, nor h
by bkor 8y ago
> You're just twisting words here. The fact that switching costs are too high means it's superior.
I don't see how high switching costs implies superior, nor how that's part of a definition for superior. For superior app I'd consider that to mean if it's better. It's also weird your usage of superior has shifted. You've stated it became bigger because it was superior; meaning superior is not about how much used it is. But you also define superior as having pretty much everyone use it. This seems to conflict, no?
- qeternity 8y agoWhat? I never said they were mutually exclusive? Far from a conflict, what you're describing is exactly the network effect: it both became large because it was superior, and it's size/growth contributed to it's superiority. This is the flywheel that is the network effect.
- zentiggr 8y agoIf only that flywheel didn't throw off all common sense and "don't be evil" tendencies... greed dominates eventually and everyone pays the price until a critical tipping point event comes and everyone finally realizes they have to go now. Those tipping points are just too subtle until after a lot of damage has been done.