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Kindle and Goodreads I think are both crap for the same reason: the goal is to kill the competition not make great products. Amazon should never have been allo

• Aeolun 6y ago
  The barrier to entry for an alternative to Goodreads isn’t exactly high. But does anyone care enough to do so?
  • TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
    The barrier is actually quite high. Sure, its easy to make a CRUD app that would aggregate ratings. The difficult part is to get people to use it instead of the leader. These are called network effects, and they are very hard to break. This is why big social media sites have such high valuations. Any small group could develop an alternative to Facebook. However, the chances of that usurping them is almost zero. The same goes for Goodreads.
  • toyg 6y ago
    The barrier was not high. Now that it’s baked into Kindle (automatic sync, instant review, etc), Goodreads has a significant moat.
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