> I still think the best solution to this is still a startup that can create tractors that don’t require repairs by a first party.
You're still going up against massively entrenched and influential opposition that could likely undercut a startup's prices and then raise them again once the competition dies.
We saw it with the rideshare companies. Their business models are flexible enough to take losses when necessary in order to beat out alternatives and then programmatically raise the prices again once they've captured the market again.
The issue is they are operating in the printer ink model where the initial price is discounted based on expected future revenue. That’s a hard nut to crack because any open competition is fighting from a seeming price disadvantage.
You're still going up against massively entrenched and influential opposition that could likely undercut a startup's prices and then raise them again once the competition dies.
We saw it with the rideshare companies. Their business models are flexible enough to take losses when necessary in order to beat out alternatives and then programmatically raise the prices again once they've captured the market again.