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The car market is just too big for one dominant company. It sounds weird to us tech folks because we ruthlessly monopolize everything. Maybe we have something t
by crate_barre 5y ago
The car market is just too big for one dominant company. It sounds weird to us tech folks because we ruthlessly monopolize everything. Maybe we have something to learn from this.
There are about 1.4 billion cars, and 7 billion smart phones (back of the napkin googling). Compare the number of car manufacturers vs the number of smartphone manufacturers. Compare the number of search engines. Compare the number of social networks. Compare the number of operating systems. Not sure how we got like this.
- beaconstudios 5y agoZero marginal cost. Apple are the exception to the rule because they've always been hardware manufacturers too.
- wongarsu 5y agoThe car market specifically has a lot of protectionist policies that gives local brands an edge (like the chicken tax in the US). The other thing are brands that exclusively focus on niches. Volkswagen produces something of everything, but LandRover, Tesla and Maserati have a much more specific line-up. Even in luxury brands: a Rolls-Royce is nothing like a Bentley. This exists in the smartphone world (CAT phones) or the search engine world (duck duck go), but their market shares are tiny