> If anything, the lesson to be learned here is that if your business depends exclusively on another company for its survival then it’s not your business. But

> If anything, the lesson to be learned here is that if your business depends exclusively on another company for its survival then it’s not your business. But this means it's nearly impossible to build a software business that's "your business". Do you really not see the problem with that? The major platforms are iOS, Android, MacOS, Windows and the web. Of those, the web is theoretically open, except that the browsers are made by Apple and Google, and both of them drive change to the platforms based on their business strategy (Apple hobbling PWAs, for example.) Firefox exists, but with single-digit market share, and with a substantial portion of their budget evidently coming from Google, it's not clear how much of a force they really are. This is why I think even though these platform are not technically monopolies, some kind of regulation or oversight is warranted. The economic value of the software world is too great to leave entirely to the whims of private companies.