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What they have in common is that they're selling a (now) commodity product for margins that will be driven further down over time as other companies catch up an
by Spivak 2y ago
What they have in common is that they're selling a (now) commodity product for margins that will be driven further down over time as other companies catch up and the huge leaps stop happening. With WeWork it was other old-guard real-estate managers realizing they can do what WeWork does for cheaper.
Comparing to airlines was fine, but you take issue with a comparison to real-estate? WeWork was also beloved by their customers and had leadership who were a bit off the rails.
The fact that switching models is changing one string in AWS bedrock means that nobody is going to be able to charge a significant premium.