[abrookewood]

Not sure that this is universally true. Youtube, Uber, Airbnb and others all have massive first-mover advantages.

[abrookewood]

OK, so apparently YouTube was not a good example !

[watwut]

Ubers advantage was selling under price for years and being willing to break laws worldwide. And before someone brings up medallions, Uber was selling under price and breaking labor laws where in countries where taxis worked as a normal competitive market.

They did not had to be first. They were not first either.

[goatlover]

Didn't Vimeo come out a year before?

[latexr]

Google Video, with the might of Google behind it, launched three months before YouTube.