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Re:The Great Unbundling by jonathannat on Saturday January 30, 2021 @05:03PM (#25973444)
Wow, way to twist the history to your own narrative. Also, no, Tesla has not eaten the entire auto industry, stock market cap doesn't equal to product market share

> Video conferencing

Zoom (American company) launched in 2011. DingTalk started way late in 2014 and wasn't even that popular until 2017. and still playing catchup to Zoom.

> mass-adoption of mobile payment

Japan in the 90s. I believe Chinese citizens were still mostly riding bikes then.

> death of the desktop

Japan in the 90s

> home food delivery (pre-COVID)

Grubhub was founded in 2004. IPOed in 2014.

> online grocery

Tesco direct started in UK in 1997.

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Re:The Great Unbundling by contingencies on Saturday January 30, 2021 @06:00PM (#25973900)
Needlessly snarky response. Write to the author about the Telsa claim. Yes, there are earlier examples in each case. I personally worked in digital video in 2000.

I was referring clearly to mass adoption (actual market penetration). Nothing matches China, period. Look at numbers for WeChat (video), WeChat/Alipay (mobile payment), Meituan/Eleme (delivery), etc.

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