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by pyre 5691 days ago
It doesn't solve a user problem per se, but it may make it more convenient to have a 'one stop shop' for managing all of those things.

Supermarkets carrying things other than groceries (e.g. lightbulbs) didn't necessarily solve a user problem (i.e. people just went to the hardware store for light bulbs), but that decision was still a win for supermarkets.