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> browsers aren't really a self funding product Yeah... Because massive companies use them anti-competitively as a moat against other companies, and as a loss
by BeefySwain 2y ago
> browsers aren't really a self funding product
Yeah... Because massive companies use them anti-competitively as a moat against other companies, and as a loss leader to enable massive data collection and vendor lock in.
"browsers aren't really a self funding product" is a symptom of dysfunction, not the inevitable conclusion of a fair market.
- pjc50 2y agoI'm not sure that software entirely obeys normal market theory. So much of it is zero-cost free. The synergistic effects are so strong that most users would prefer there to be The System, in which everything works together and there's no risk of incompatible choices. They don't necessarily care which system. The market in things like, say, file explorers is tiny. There's a few shell replacements (free), Midnight Commander and clones, and maybe over in the corner someone making a few thousand dollars a year from an Explorer replacement.
- marcosdumay 2y agoWell, things with open source alternatives tend to fare badly when sold.
- eastbound 2y agoLike Jira vs Mantis? There are probably plenty of such examples.