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Then why didn't that happen naturally? People calling google a monopoly don't see that the future if innovation is megacorps and small businesses that try to as

Then why didn't that happen naturally? People calling google a monopoly don't see that the future if innovation is megacorps and small businesses that try to ascend to selling out. This world where a business sticks to one problem domain is just a fantasy, it's the software version of a mom+pop. In the world of grownup companies it's Amazon vs. Apple vs. Google vs Walmart vs. Tencent vs. Facebook and maybe eventually the Europeans will decide they miss having clout as more than consumers on the world stage and then there'll be a European megacorp too.

tsimionescu 7y ago
That is exactly what people calling Google a monopoly see, and that is what they want to prevent. As a rule, Big corporations do not innovate - they form cartels and sit on their products extracting rent. We have already seen the severe drop in innovation in the mobile space, now that the market is settled.
- Mirioron 7y ago
  >That is exactly what people calling Google a monopoly see, and that is what they want to prevent. I guess we will soon just use Chinese-made software too then.
  - humanrebar 7y ago
    Just like we're all exclusively eating Chinese chocolate, drinking Chinese beer, driving Chinese assembled cars, and watching Chinese movies?
    - to11mtm 7y ago
      > Just like we're all exclusively eating Chinese chocolate, - Not chocolate, but I was amazed when I saw a bag of dried apples came from China. > drinking Chinese beer, - I'd be more worried about it skunking... > driving Chinese assembled cars, This actually reminds me, I forgot to see how that spat where GM didn't want to have to pay taxes on Chinese assembled cars they sell in the US wound up finishing. > and watching Chinese movies? Someone made a rather convincing argument that the influence of Chinese financiers in the film industry has contributed to shifts in the movies we get. Now, there are those who may say 'But were any of those Megacorps?' The Apples were Dole, the cars were GM, and the movies (in question in the argument made) were Disney. My counterpoint to that is that one has to consider that China in this case is the megacorp, due to the level of involvement/oversight they have over the companies that operate in their country.

tsimionescu 7y ago

That is exactly what people calling Google a monopoly see, and that is what they want to prevent. As a rule, Big corporations do not innovate - they form cartels and sit on their products extracting rent. We have already seen the severe drop in innovation in the mobile space, now that the market is settled.

Mirioron 7y ago
>That is exactly what people calling Google a monopoly see, and that is what they want to prevent. I guess we will soon just use Chinese-made software too then.
- humanrebar 7y ago
  Just like we're all exclusively eating Chinese chocolate, drinking Chinese beer, driving Chinese assembled cars, and watching Chinese movies?
  - to11mtm 7y ago
    > Just like we're all exclusively eating Chinese chocolate, - Not chocolate, but I was amazed when I saw a bag of dried apples came from China. > drinking Chinese beer, - I'd be more worried about it skunking... > driving Chinese assembled cars, This actually reminds me, I forgot to see how that spat where GM didn't want to have to pay taxes on Chinese assembled cars they sell in the US wound up finishing. > and watching Chinese movies? Someone made a rather convincing argument that the influence of Chinese financiers in the film industry has contributed to shifts in the movies we get. Now, there are those who may say 'But were any of those Megacorps?' The Apples were Dole, the cars were GM, and the movies (in question in the argument made) were Disney. My counterpoint to that is that one has to consider that China in this case is the megacorp, due to the level of involvement/oversight they have over the companies that operate in their country.