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> Why do you think Google and Amazon and others can create entire products that never make a profit for years and then unceremoniously shut them down or reduce
by warkdarrior 3y ago
> Why do you think Google and Amazon and others can create entire products that never make a profit for years and then unceremoniously shut them down or reduce their investments in them?
It seems like Google and Amazon shutting down or divesting some products would make room for a lot of competitors to step in and dominate that space.
- blackeyeblitzar 3y agoMaybe, but a lot of the would-be companies often get starved of revenue and die before the big companies exit. Until then, the big companies are often giving things away for free, or at a loss, or bundling them in an anti-competitive way (see MS Teams). That doesn't leave much room for a startup to survive.