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>Yes, Google is extremely innovative, but they show time and time again they're not above copycatting others' innovations, a concerning thing especially for sta
by eurleif 15y ago
>Yes, Google is extremely innovative, but they show time and time again they're not above copycatting others' innovations, a concerning thing especially for startups.
I agree that it's not nice to have that happen if you're the startup in question, but it can be good for users, and I'm not sure it contradicts Larry Page's statement. In order to innovate in a given market, you have to be in that market first. If someone else dominates that market, their features set the users' expectations, and copying them can help your competitive service get a foothold.
- jhdavids8 15y agoI largely agree...it can be good for users but can also scale back the innovation in that market due to Google's reach. A brand like Google can get to so many more users than a startup can. I'm amazed quite often by the number of people who don't know what Dropbox is. Yet, when Google enters this market, it'll be those people discovering GDrive and thinking "This is awesome! Why haven't I seen this before!" Competition drives innovation, definitely. Question is, who can innovate quicker and expand their market more rapidly, a startup or Google. Google has resources a startup does not. And for that, Google can often get to a controlling stake in the market, thereby controlling the innovation and halting that of the original business.