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China's Bonkers Bike-share Bubble
Asianometry
An Asianometry documentary-style video on the rise and collapse of China's dockless bike-share boom. It covers the startups, the heavy subsidies and the price wars.
HN cites it as an analogy for loss-leader pricing and market-share wars, for example in AI pricing.
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