The takeaway is that just build a better product. If you do that, then all of these other advantages are just kind of moot points because it's really rare for the company that has the structural advantage to also put out a great product. Michael: Instead of worrying about all these stupid things like land grabs and whatever, all the other crap,. It's like, yeah, just build abetter product for your users. You might get surprised at how well that strategy goes.
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