For whom? There isn't another ship. (Literally. Ariane has nothing, ULA is on its deathbed, Blue Origin might do something in the 2030s and nobody is moving from Hawthorne to Xi'an.)
SpaceX remains a jewel of American industry and technological achievement. If you're an ambitious aerospace engineer, SpaceX is the only place where you'll see your cutting-edge work launched.
Similar to how Tesla showed that EVs could be nice and kickstarted the legacy automakers to get on this too.
These are all smallsat launchers. I have worked with a few of their teams and have mad respect for their work. But between launch cadence, fundraising and mission profile, they’re not comparable to SpaceX.
> Similar to how Tesla showed that EVs could be nice and kickstarted the legacy automakers
SpaceX has a global commanding position and domestic political advantage Tesla has never enjoyed. It’s fair to say it has a monopoly in commercial launch outside niche operations, e.g. dedicated smallsat.
> domestic political advantage Tesla has never enjoyed
Agreed, but I think SpaceX showed that reuse could be done before Musk got any political influence (and went off the rails...).