Gwern Branwen personal blog
Laws of Tech Economics: Commoditize Your Complement
A classic pattern in technology economics, identified by Joel Spolsky, is layers of the stack attempting to become monopolies while turning other layers into perfectly-competitive markets which are commoditized, in order to harvest most of the consumer surplus; discussion and examples.
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Tech Industry & BusinessSociety, Policy & Culture2018
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2018 | Laws of Tech Economics: Commoditize Your Complement by gwern | 403 | 148 |
| Jan 8, 2019 | Laws of Tech: Commoditize Your Complement (2018) by tosh | 156 | 35 |
| Dec 19, 2020 | Commoditize your complement (2019) by harperlee | 128 | 80 |
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