Re:Google I/O 2023
by bo-tao on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @04:32PM
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What does it mean to have no moat?
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Re:Google I/O 2023
by ducttapecrown on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @04:46PM
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A "moat" is the protection company A has against company B building a clone of company A's product. For example, YouTube has the set of people who have a habit of logging on to YouTube to watch content. A competitor has to convince all those people to change their habits. This is known to be a hard problem, so it's a moat!
Netflix thought they had a similar moat of user-habits. But it turns out that the more important moat in the streaming market is a moat of content.
Re:Google I/O 2023
by satvikpendem on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @04:48PM
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Here's the article I was referring to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35813322
No competitive advantage that protects the business.