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Continuous examining for abuse is great and what a proactive regulator should be doing anyway. Question is, does it incentivize these companies to reduce their
by ankit219 3y ago
Continuous examining for abuse is great and what a proactive regulator should be doing anyway. Question is, does it incentivize these companies to reduce their market share by different means - going low on a certain marketing campaign, release a subpar product, or make choices that alienate say bottom 10-20% of users and cause them to leave. Once they reduce the market share, would they not be examined till they attain that market share back? (that is after the market definition is clear)
In India, there is UPI which at it's core is dominated by 2-3 apps. Regulator is trying to reduce market share but to no avail. The thing is, service is free for end user, so the only way a service provider app (links user with banks on whose rails the tech works) earns money is via advertising. Others dont take it up because returns are only possible once you burn money to attain a certain scale. No one in the chain earns anything on a single transaction except banks(paid for by other banks). Think while regulator should be watching the apps (and banks) closely, they should instead also work on an incentive structure which could open the market further for newer entrants.
- _visgean 3y ago> Question is, does it incentivize these companies to reduce their market share by different means - going low on a certain marketing campaign, release a subpar product, or make choices I dont think anybody expects them to reduce their market share. Thats what competition is for.
- ankit219 3y agoIn the hypothetical that the OP shared, they mentioned scrutiny for firms above a certain market share.
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoYes, because you can't abuse (substantial) market share unless you have it. It's like having a gun. Perfectly fine unless you go around threatening people with it.
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoMarket share is fine, honestly earned. Abuse of market share or product is not. You might make a world beating product and achieve 100% market share. That's great! If you then use that market share, or your product, to resist competition, or if that happens naturally, so that by doing nothing you are guaranteed 100% market share, then regulators have to step in to ensure a healthy market going forward.