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These platforms have been coasting on network effects alone for years. The "I'd quit but I have no other way to stay in touch with (friends/family/whoever)." /
by 908087 8y ago
These platforms have been coasting on network effects alone for years. The "I'd quit but I have no other way to stay in touch with (friends/family/whoever)." / "but all my (whoever) are on it" justifications you constantly see from people are evidence to support that.
- joshuamorton 8y agoYes, email and web-search, the peak of consumer-side vendor lock in. Indeed, networks effects may sometimes be relevant to some of these tools. But that's certainly not always true.