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McDonald's. Disney. Walmart. Kroger. Comcast. Verizon. And many more who sell crops, chemicals, power, machine parts, cars, concrete... Many companies ha
by mnemonicsloth 2y ago
McDonald's. Disney. Walmart. Kroger. Comcast. Verizon.
And many more who sell crops, chemicals, power, machine parts, cars, concrete...
Many companies have billions of customers and no trace of lock-in or virality at all. You might want to shift your perspective a little and remember that there is a world outside of Silicon Valley.
- zht 2y agoComcast and Verizon have no lock-in?
- mnemonicsloth 2y agoVerizon competes with T-Mobile and AT&T. Comcast competes with a different arm of AT&T, Google Fiber, various older satellite internet services and now Starlink. Outside the US, broadband providers are still huge but differences in regulation mean there are five or six of them in most markets. Overall, I think my point still stands: claiming that you can't build a giant company without Silicon Valley's growth formula is ridiculously narrow. The vast majority of big companies are built by other methods.