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Why would market share numbers be interesting when the switching costs are so low? You live by the commodity market, you die by the commodity market.
by jfb 11y ago
Why would market share numbers be interesting when the switching costs are so low? You live by the commodity market, you die by the commodity market.
- josteink 11y agoAs a customer and consumer I prefer a diverse market full of smaller actors, than a market dominated by one Giant actor doing whatever the fuck it likes, just because it can. This should be the natural state of any market. Why do you prefer monopolies charging you more than they need to? What do you find better or more "interesting" about that?
- jfb 11y agoThe point is that in saying that Samsung derives benefit from market share, you have to acknowledge that that benefit is reduced because there's no good way for Samsung to use that market share advantage to keep people attached to their platform, because they don't have control over their platform.