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But what if I want a faster horse?

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1525 points saeedesmaili | 1 comments | 11 Apr 25 11:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.255s | source
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Taek ◴[11 Apr 25 12:38 UTC] No.43653105[source]▶
The root problem seems to be monopoly and fragmentation.

When Ford was working on a car, people who wanted a faster horse could go to the horse store. There were reasonable alternatives to Ford's new method of transportation.

But here, you can't recreate Spotify from 2015. You'll never get the rights to play the music for users. Same with Netflix, you'll never get the rights to show the movies.

Same thing with Twitter, Facebook, etc. Even if you know exactly what content your user wants, you can't fetch it for them because it was posted in some other walled garden, and that wall stops you from competing.

If you want a faster horse, change the laws so that people can build faster horses and compete.

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ks2048 ◴[11 Apr 25 12:45 UTC] No.43653156[source]▶
Maybe it depends on your listening habits, but for me, Spotify and Netflix are very different experiences.

Spotify has almost anything I look for. Netflix I struggle to find anything of interest.

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1. Taek ◴[11 Apr 25 20:49 UTC] No.43658377[source]▶
Spotify only has about half of the music that I like. A lot of it is remixes and jams from Japan that can only be found on youtube, soundcloud, or in some cases it's actually only available on private trackers.