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>The thing about platforms is that their value is in the money that the platform owner leaves on the table. The more that you claim for yourself, either by char
by jldugger 5y ago
>The thing about platforms is that their value is in the money that the platform owner leaves on the table. The more that you claim for yourself, either by charging more fees or neglecting maintenance, the less reason there is to use the platform.
In other venues, I've seen this described as "becoming 50 percent richer by being 10 percent less greedy."
- ethbr0 5y ago90s Microsoft realized this, which is how Windows became Windows (making developers and partners lots and lots of money). And how 90s Apple decomposed, and only really turned it around by creating enough demand via consumer device market share that developers had to come back.