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		unicornmama on Aug 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zucker... It’s not an overwhelming advantage. Also the problem isn’t having luck, individuals only have luck in hindsight, it’s competing against luck.

hot_gril on Aug 12, 2022 [–]

Yeah so you compete against luck by leveraging your prior dominance in mobile OSes with a committed iMessage-like approach, instead of waiting for two former Yahoo! employees to eat your lunch then launching several competing apps that you kill off later.

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