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Isn't 10% too low a number to consider a platform systemic?

RangerScience 6y ago
Nah. I can see why it sounds small, but I'm having trouble thinking of places where 10% isn't of huge significance. If you drink one cup of coffee a day, that's less than 10% of your waking time, but coffee is systemic to your life. If 10% of your cells have a defect, that defect is systemic to your body. If your API is down 10% of the time...
- 6510 6y ago
  with 28 countries 10% is much larger than most.
avianlyric 6y ago
What number would you pick? I would say that any company that has 45 million customers is doing pretty good. 10% definitely makes many companies the largest in their sector, not every company is a Google or Amazon that’s completely consumed it’s market.
- iguy 6y ago
  Also, 10% overall probably means a much higher share in some countries. Doesn't seem like a crazy threshold.
  - rodgerd 6y ago
    In the EU context, it would mean 100% of several countries, or 80%+ of one of the big EU nations (France, Germany, Italy, etc).
    - revax 6y ago
      It is 10% users, not people in general if I understood correctly.
Hamuko 6y ago
I think this might actually put Spotify on the list. Whether or not you agree if it should be, at least Spotify is no small dog.
manfredo 6y ago
Maybe. I could see sites removing access to less profitable users, probably in lower income countries to stay below the 45 million threshold. Or perhaps boot low-engagement users in order to keep user-counts below the threshold. When regulation exists with a threshold, enterprises will strive to stay below it. Hence why there's such a huge drop-off in businesses with 50 or more employees in France [1] [2]. 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/business/international/the-number-that-many-french-businesses-fear.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/business/international/th... 2. http://economics.mit.edu/files/12321 http://economics.mit.edu/files/12321
- Aerroon 6y ago
  That could still be an improvement. It would mean that the reach of those sites can't grow beyond 10% in the EU. Other sites would then pick up the users that were left out.

Nah. I can see why it sounds small, but I'm having trouble thinking of places where 10% isn't of huge significance. If you drink one cup of coffee a day, that's less than 10% of your waking time, but coffee is systemic to your life. If 10% of your cells have a defect, that defect is systemic to your body. If your API is down 10% of the time...

6510 6y ago
with 28 countries 10% is much larger than most.

avianlyric 6y ago

What number would you pick? I would say that any company that has 45 million customers is doing pretty good. 10% definitely makes many companies the largest in their sector, not every company is a Google or Amazon that’s completely consumed it’s market.

iguy 6y ago
Also, 10% overall probably means a much higher share in some countries. Doesn't seem like a crazy threshold.
- rodgerd 6y ago
  In the EU context, it would mean 100% of several countries, or 80%+ of one of the big EU nations (France, Germany, Italy, etc).
  - revax 6y ago
    It is 10% users, not people in general if I understood correctly.

Hamuko 6y ago

I think this might actually put Spotify on the list. Whether or not you agree if it should be, at least Spotify is no small dog.

manfredo 6y ago

Maybe. I could see sites removing access to less profitable users, probably in lower income countries to stay below the 45 million threshold. Or perhaps boot low-engagement users in order to keep user-counts below the threshold. When regulation exists with a threshold, enterprises will strive to stay below it. Hence why there's such a huge drop-off in businesses with 50 or more employees in France [1] [2]. 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/business/international/the-number-that-many-french-businesses-fear.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/business/international/th... 2. http://economics.mit.edu/files/12321 http://economics.mit.edu/files/12321

Aerroon 6y ago
That could still be an improvement. It would mean that the reach of those sites can't grow beyond 10% in the EU. Other sites would then pick up the users that were left out.