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That's the famous innovator's dilemma. It's very hard for a company to sell a product that undercuts a product that makes a lot of revenue for them, even if it'
by lmm 2y ago
That's the famous innovator's dilemma. It's very hard for a company to sell a product that undercuts a product that makes a lot of revenue for them, even if it's the "right" play. So that wouldn't be a risk I'd worry about in practice.
- MichaelZuo 2y agoWell in this case it wouldn’t be undercutting, since the lite version would be totally unusuable for a big complex company.
- lmm 2y agoIt would be a cheaper alternative for at least some use cases. At least some companies that were currently using the big version would switch to the lite version.
- MichaelZuo 2y agoThen they would have been viable customers for a smaller challenger…?
- lmm 2y agoYes, they are. But it's very hard for a company to sign off on releasing a product that's going to cost them sales of their big money-maker, even if in reality those sales are going to be lost to an outside competitor anyway.