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Originally Posted by Shap
Let's take a real world example. Iphones. Iphone came out and changed the old cell phone market. A number of companies took a huge hit thanks to the iphone. At the same time it opened the door for countless people to get rich off the iphone. Think about Iphone accessories and iphone apps. The people that bitched, moaned and complained about how bad the iphone hurt their sales are probably still sitting around doing nothing. The people that embraced the change and looked for the opportunities that this new change presented made a killing.
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I can give you a variation on that that pertains to me in this industry. The Iphone rocked the cell phone world. Many companies spent a lot of time and money trying to create an "Iphone killer" or at least a phone that could compete with the Iphone. Some have had some great success and others have not.
Other companies realized that there is still a huge market of people out there that don't want or need an Iphone and don't want the typical $100+ a month bill that goes with it. There are a lot of people that just want a cell phone they can talk on and send the occasional text message on. So they give away cheap phone and offer plans for those people. I decided to take that route with my business. I had no desire to try to create a tube site. I had no desire to try to fight to get my hands on a bunch of freeloaders and work my ass off to convert them. So I went out there and found other things and am working in those areas. The tube sites are Iphone. I'm the guy that gives away a basic phone and offers cheap basic service and there are plenty of customers in that world.