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Are you serious about Amazon? I can absolutely find everything I need on Amazon. Who needs exact search when there are better alternatives through recommendation, people also buy etc?
I am curious to know — if you think search on amazon as broken as you think, why do you think people keep buying from Amazon? They have strong logistic network. But, to even start that logistics part, you need to search and buy.
Dropbox is a classic example where most users did not see potential yet it became billion dollar corp.What are other examples similar examples that HN thought would not work but made top-dollar?What are counter examples where HN thought was a great idea but ultimately led to miniscual success?