Aren't these different things, though? Auto companies aren't platforms for the small guys to sell their things.
Nobody is saying it's impossible to sell your product without going through one of the big platforms, just that it's expensive and difficult to market your product without doing so.
Also, I don't think it's ever as simple as established companies being "old and slow" so startups can "disrupt" them. Some companies are old and slow in certain dimensions, but at the top of the game in other dimensions.
Further, established companies have inertia, which can work for or against them.
I do agree with you, mostly with the point that every company/industry is different.
But I have to point out we do hear things on this site like, 'the auto industry is old and slow", and I think it's false. Some of the companies are, and some are quite progressive. Industries are rarely homogenous.
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Aren't these different things, though? Auto companies aren't platforms for the small guys to sell their things.
Nobody is saying it's impossible to sell your product without going through one of the big platforms, just that it's expensive and difficult to market your product without doing so.
Also, I don't think it's ever as simple as established companies being "old and slow" so startups can "disrupt" them. Some companies are old and slow in certain dimensions, but at the top of the game in other dimensions.
Further, established companies have inertia, which can work for or against them.
I do agree with you, mostly with the point that every company/industry is different.
But I have to point out we do hear things on this site like, 'the auto industry is old and slow", and I think it's false. Some of the companies are, and some are quite progressive. Industries are rarely homogenous.