Cited on HN 4 times, 2026, never outright recommendedscore 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN cites it as an analogy for loss-leader pricing and market-share wars, for example in AI pricing.
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.
“It reminds me of the Chinese bike wars where everyone was slashing prices trying to keep marketshare” (HN, 2026)
China is a tough place to do business even for domestic small firms. [this video] >I don’t know how you could possibly truly innovate the pipeline process more than it has already been done There are things China does well, things the US does well, and a lot of people building stuff for fun. Yet doing business in North America can be just as challenging for different "reasons". =3
Might have been the bike share bubble? Asianometry - China's Bonkers Bike-share Bubble [this video] and China Observer - bike graveyard [link] During: [link] After: [link]
Demand is relative. How many Claude tokens would you buy if they had a 10x price hike? The market has achieved it's current saturation level with loss-leader prices that remind me of the Chinese bike share bubble[0]. Once those prices go up to break even levels (let alone profitable levels), the number of people who can afford to pay will go down dramatically (and that's not even accounting for the bubble pop further constricting people's finances). [0] [this video]
Analogy of loss-leader pricing to the Chinese bike-share bubble
It reminds me of the Chinese bike wars where everyone was slashing prices trying to keep marketshare until the bubble burst and everyone lost billions. [this video]
Price-cutting for market share until the bubble burst
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