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by acdha 1164 days ago
Execution and rent-seeking – their culture is based on high margins so they tend to design things which will put a lot of hard to migrate logic into their app and even when they know they’re competing against more affordable options the prices will be eye-watering. I assume that the whales who do buy generate enough revenue to make up for the lost sales but it doesn’t seem like a good long-term strategy.