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I think it is also kind of missing that you can't easily draw parallels with the past here, as the field we are mostly talking about – software making, I think
by onli 11y ago
I think it is also kind of missing that you can't easily draw parallels with the past here, as the field we are mostly talking about – software making, I think – is the first(?) modern big industry field where the means of production are in the hand of the workers. You can't easily compete with car companies, cause most of us won't have the means to even produce a prototype. But nothing is stopping someone capable enough from building his own OS, for example. And yeah, then we come to the forces of design and market share, but still – this is fairly new and distinct.
- venomsnake 11y agoThere is lack of freely available hardware on which said os to run - a lot of companies try to be your gatekeepers. The golden days like in the 90-s everything is PC, you can run whatever you want on PC are still somewhere ahead of us with mobile and IoT.
- cft 11y agoMobile app stores are owned by two tech giants. Expect more and more stories like https://medium.com/@joshliptzin/this-is-how-google-kills-your-app-c1abad30eb25 https://medium.com/@joshliptzin/this-is-how-google-kills-you...
- venomsnake 11y agoI have a feeling that these tech giants are up for Standard Oil/ Bell surprise in the medium future.