Comment by screamingninja
2 years ago
Market adoption is more than a function of ecosystem openness. Blackberry commanded a large chunk of the market back in the day, maybe or maybe not because of the value they generated for consumers, but definitely because of the network effect. Several factors at play here.
Worth a read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act
There was a time when teens had to be on BBM or be left behind.