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Sure, the large players stayed about the same in the last decade but we also found some new large players. The entire app ecosystems was in the earliest infanc
by npo9 7y ago
Sure, the large players stayed about the same in the last decade but we also found some new large players.
The entire app ecosystems was in the earliest infancy in 2010. AWS was in its infancy. Slack wasn’t released.
- scarface74 7y agoSlack isn’t a “large player” they are nowhere near being profitable and are nowhere in the same league as Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google or Microsoft. The app ecosystem was growing like crazy in 2010. It was a year and a half into “there is an app for that”. Facebook had already pivoted to being big in mobile. The same can be said about Uber. Once the companies have a profitable and sustainable business model that doesn’t involve burning cash then they can be considered a major player.
- xmprt 7y agoRegardless of profitability I think people are spending a lot more money on the internet today as they were 10 years ago. Subscription services, gig economy, and online retail have exploded in the last 10 years in a way that I don't think many people predicted.
- scarface74 7y agoEveryone saw online retail exploding by 2010. Amazon was already big and growing, Barnes and Noble was already struggling against Amazon and Apple/iTunes was the number one music retailer as bricks and mortar music retailers had started to close. By 2010, streaming services were big, Apple was selling movies and TV shows digitally and had already started removing DVD drives from its computers.