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I care because once Amazon kills all their competitors then they are the only ones selling diapers. And then they can charge 10 bucks per diaper.
And then someone sees that people are buying diapers for 10 bucks and starts selling them for 5.
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I care because once Amazon kills all their competitors then they are the only ones selling diapers. And then they can charge 10 bucks per diaper.
Yet here we are in reality where they did kill the diaper competitor and we have MORE retailers shipping diapers at a competitive cost.
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Why wouldn't factory machine hydraulics for the auto industry be more important then an individual's toilet?
Because poor sanitation is a disease vector that can kill people and ruin communities. A working toilet is an unmitigated good. Cars on the other hand have a much more questionable value proposition. They turn cities into parking lots shrouded in smog and significantly contribute to climate change. Even if cars only contributed in positive ways, they're still not necessary to a functioning society the way that sanita…
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> Who cares what he did to some diaper companies. Going out on a limb here, but I'd say the diaper companies.
What happened to the diaper companies? Feel like I see the same brands of diapers still. Procter and gamble, Kimberly Clark, etc.
Wasn't this dressed up and sold to the masses as blitzscaling just a few years ago? I like the term "venture predation" better.
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What happened to the diaper companies? Feel like I see the same brands of diapers still. Procter and gamble, Kimberly Clark, etc.
So...your concern is for branding continuity?
Some middleman website might have lost out on being able to sell for more money to Walmart, but that was their choice to not to pursue a deal with Walmart.
I am guessing what they were probably concerned about was guaranteeing themselves cashing out at least at Amazon’s offer because if Walmart found out Amazon was backing out of the deal, then Walmart would have had the power to push the price down.
Either way, diapers.com was going to lose to Amazon/Walmart/Target/Costco in the long run, so if they were getting a high valuation simply for being a popular website as online shopping was ramping up, then their best move was to sell while the iron was hot.
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Netscape was payware in the beginning? Not sure how that's non-existent? Even after they were forced to go free by Microsoft, they were selling servers which are the compliment of browsers.
Did anyone actually pay for Netscape?
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Did anyone actually pay for Netscape?
Yep, just about everyone who wanted to connect to and browse The Net over dialup in the mid-90s. It was conveniently sold at Price Club (which was eventually merged into Costco of today).
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Yep, just about everyone who wanted to connect to and browse The Net over dialup in the mid-90s. It was conveniently sold at Price Club (which was eventually merged into Costco of today).
Huh, I remember downloading it for free.
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I think the problem is that making a user or service provider create an account on an app isn't the moat that they think it is. A lot of these market domination moves only last as long as the VC money then the competitors are more than happy to swoop back in. Consumers are super fickle, and I will happily check a different app to see if I can save a dollar on a $10 car ride
You aren't the norm. If you were then Lyft would be doing much better. How many rideshare apps do you check? 5? 10? My guess is maybe once in a while you check Lyft if uber seems high. That's what I do.
Or I just use google maps which gives me the full menu of available options and how much they cost including scooter and e-bikes as well as transit since I’m normally just interested in the fastest option which is frequently transit.