Aggregator is a great business model for the company that can pull it off.

· Bits and Bobs 3/3/25
  • Aggregator is a great business model for the company that can pull it off.
    • It also is not necessarily great in the long run for everyone else.
      • Users get more efficiency and scale at first.
      • But by centralizing demand[wh] you get a lack of competition that leads to stagnation.
      • A classic logarithmic returns for exponential cost curve.
      • The benefit of a bottom-up ecosystem, but with a clear ceiling because the system is not open but is beholden to the aggregator.
    • Efficiency for one entity at the cost of resilience for the system as a whole.[wi]

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