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by anon84873628 959 days ago
Yes, it's a coordination problem where the incentives for a single individual don't match the optimal global solution. Aka trapped by network effects. You don't see this problem with cars or smartphones because the benefit to the individual is obvious and independent of other people's choices.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordination_failure_(econom...