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You're not going to beat them regardless. Once a consumer tech market/segment has an overwhelming winner (or duopoly), forget about it, it's done. It's very rar
by adventured 5y ago
You're not going to beat them regardless. Once a consumer tech market/segment has an overwhelming winner (or duopoly), forget about it, it's done. It's very rare that the market winners in consumer tech get unseated. The odds are you'll have to wait 10-20 years for the next inflection point (as with smartphones & apps) to have any shot.
Google/YouTube/Maps, Priceline/Booking, eBay, Amazon/Prime/Kindle/Twitch, Match.com & Co., Windows/Office, Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp, Netflix, Craigslist, Wikipedia, Reddit, PayPal, Android/iOS, Airbnb, Uber/Lyft, and so on.
Once on top, they tend to stay there (for all sorts of obvious reasons). Reddit for example has already been on top for a decade now and there are no challengers of consequence (despite how much their site and app both suck, they abuse their users and yet nothing, momentum is an amazing thing).
- antifa 5y agoWhen Reddit replaced Digg, it was because Reddit was trailing Digg closely in the shadows. Specifically, Reddit was already successfully grown, well featured, reasonably scalable, merely ranked #2 in public perception and numbers. Digg made multiple critical mistakes, and Reddit was ready to accept the thrown. Reddit has made some critical mistakes, also has had a small number of long outages, but there is no powerful force lurking in the shadows. The forces in the shadow of Reddit today usually have several terminal weaknesses. They won't be able to handle a 100x traffic surprise, both culturally and their servers, when a true exodus will probably be at least 1000x. They often exist for a single topic, which is frequently bigotry. Best of luck to anyone trying.