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Re:Amazon to Launch Mobile Ads, in a Threat to Google and Fa... by 908087 on Thursday March 21, 2019 @03:59PM (#19456607)
"Our products are so good that nobody is willing to pay for them" doesn't sound very convincing.
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Re:Amazon to Launch Mobile Ads, in a Threat to Google and Fa... by dannycastonguay on Thursday March 21, 2019 @09:42PM (#19458992)
Maybe you have something to teach me.

Are you not convinced that Google Search, DDG, Gmail, Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat are all "good" products in the eye of many people? As far as I can tell, all of those products are paid for by sponsors.

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Re:Amazon to Launch Mobile Ads, in a Threat to Google and Fa... by joshuamorton on Friday March 22, 2019 @01:06PM (#19464522)
On the other hand "consumers choose our products even though there are other free alternatives" does.
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Re:Amazon to Launch Mobile Ads, in a Threat to Google and Fa... by 908087 on Friday March 22, 2019 @09:17PM (#19468434)
These platforms have been coasting on network effects alone for years. The "I'd quit but I have no other way to stay in touch with (friends/family/whoever)." / "but all my (whoever) are on it" justifications you constantly see from people are evidence to support that.
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Re:Amazon to Launch Mobile Ads, in a Threat to Google and Fa... by joshuamorton on Friday March 22, 2019 @09:31PM (#19468494)
Yes, email and web-search, the peak of consumer-side vendor lock in.

Indeed, networks effects may sometimes be relevant to some of these tools. But that's certainly not always true.

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