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I wonder how does this refer to Microsoft with Azure and other companies with ultra-broad platform offerings with hundreds of services and products. Maybe inte

• ocdtrekkie 10y ago
  I think there's a huge issue with all of these companies being able to own so many disparate products. It creates an effect where users feel like they need to be in one company's ecosystem or another, and inherently protects bad products or bad business models from competition through this ecosystem effect. People who use some Google services tend to use mostly Google services. People who use some Microsoft services tend to use mostly Microsoft services. Without much stricter regulation to at bare minimum require more intercompatibility between competing ecosystems, I don't see this effect decreasing.