This seems wrong. Firms that don’t control their distribution have always been vulnerable to any information they create being aggregated by the distributor (eg small biz and FB). Microsoft itself has long benefitted from this dynamic (think of all the apps that were copied and folded into the Office suite!). Can’t imagine that it feels nice to be on the other side, which is probably why this is being framed as a paradox. What is unusual is that the distributor is no longer the principal aggregator of information—that is now the model-provider.
This seems wrong. Firms that don’t control their distribution have always been vulnerable to any information they create being aggregated by the distributor (eg small biz and FB). Microsoft itself has long been a benefit of this dynamic (think of all the apps that were copied and folded into the Office suite!). Can’t imagine that it feels nice to be on the other side, which is probably why this is being framed as a paradox. What is unusual is that the distributor is no longer the principal aggregator of information—that is now the model-provider.
This seems wrong. Firms that don’t control their distribution have always been vulnerable to any information they create being aggregated by the distributor (eg small biz and FB). Microsoft itself has long benefitted from this dynamic (think of all the apps that were copied and folded into the Office suite!). Can’t imagine that it feels nice to be on the other side, which is probably why this is being framed as a paradox. What is unusual is that the distributor is no longer the principal aggregator of information—that is now the model-provider.
This seems wrong. Firms that don’t control their distribution have always been vulnerable to any information they create being aggregated by the distributor (eg small biz and FB). Microsoft itself has long been a benefit of this dynamic (think of all the apps that were copied and folded into the Office suite!). Can’t imagine that it feels nice to be on the other side, which is probably why this is being framed as a paradox. What is unusual is that the distributor is no longer the principal aggregator of information—that is now the model-provider.