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You can define any space as "not crowded" if you narrow it down enough. That was the point really, they entered a crowded space & re-defined it with their offering.





> You can define any space as "not crowded" if you narrow it down enough.

I mean, you’re technically correct¹ but that’s not exactly helpful because the inverse is also true: You can define any space as “crowded” if you widen it enough.

That is to say it is perfectly plausible I am wrong and the space was crowded, but that argument doesn’t really prove or disprove it.

> That was the point really, they entered a crowded space & re-defined it with their offering.

Especially if you allow someone in the space to redefine it. At that point all bets are off and anyone can claim anything.

¹ The best kind of correct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hou0lU8WMgo




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