Comment by tremon

1 day ago

Being immune to the "depletion of their brand equity" is part of the near-monopoly effects the GP was referring to.

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llmslave2  1 day ago

Those brands are not immune at all. Everybody I know (who isn't in tech) has a negative opinion of these brands.

  • bigbadfeline  1 day ago

    > Everybody I know... has a negative opinion of these brands.

    Not uncommon but they still use them, that's how monopolies work. I mean, people do hate monopolies but that changes absolutely nothing.

    The network effect is real and cannot be broken without a concerted media push, which is another can of worms I'd rather not open this year.

    • llmslave2  1 day ago

      Something can be both flawed and hated, yet still useful, and still good enough.

      There is also a cost to switching products, and that has nothing to do with monopolies. Unfortunately the M word is thrown around to describe basically any company with a significant market share and it totally dilutes the meaning of the term.

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