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721 points hhs | 2 comments | 16 Apr 20 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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JaakkoP ◴[16 Apr 20 14:56 UTC] No.22889999[source]▶
I love the quote from John Collison:

"This is digital migration in a very compressed period of time, for both businesses and customers," Collison adds. "My mom recently asked me if I'd heard of 'this Instacart thing.' Yeah mom, I have."

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mc32 ◴[16 Apr 20 15:02 UTC] No.22890070[source]▶
So the question is, will the adoption of these services stick after things return to a more normal state?

Certainly there will be some stickiness, but how much and for whom?

To state the obvious, some adoption will be permanent but others not much. Where that will happen and by how much is a diff question.

Example, will people go back to Starbucks or will they keep on making more coffee at home, maybe get an entry espresso machine?

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1. chishaku ◴[16 Apr 20 15:09 UTC] No.22890161[source]▶
When will things return to a more normal state?
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2. mc32 ◴[16 Apr 20 15:23 UTC] No.22890324[source]▶
I don’t know. People are creatures of habit though. People will return to old routines to different degrees.

Even Mao with his Hong weibings wasn’t able to stamp out the parts of Chinese culture he wanted to stamp out forever.