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A recurring theme in this thread is that big tech often gives away free products as loss leaders and this kills any business that relied on selling a comparable
by singron 4y ago
A recurring theme in this thread is that big tech often gives away free products as loss leaders and this kills any business that relied on selling a comparable product. I can't really think of many instances where big tech out-innovated a smaller competitor into obscurity using the same business model.
I think a lot of times they would rather just buy the company than hope that they can somehow be more innovative.
Maybe Facebook/Instagram vs Snapchat?
- scarface74 4y agoBigTech no more “gives away” products than anyone else. It’s part of a bundle. If you take the DropBox example, Jobs called out DropBox as a “feature not a product” years before Office 365/OneDrive, iCloud Drive, and Google Drive were a thing. Microsoft is making money hand over fist on Office365.