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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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