Is anyone reading of this surprised? It's simply "well I guess we need to increase/maintain our market share, time to lock it down!" Zooming out here, I think

Is anyone reading of this surprised? It's simply "well I guess we need to increase/maintain our market share, time to lock it down!" Zooming out here, I think there's an interesting pattern/trend that needs to be solved for (with old or new solutions): if you can make a superior UX and/or get a strong network effect of users, then you can make these moves and "boil the frog" so to speak. Some companies know when to stop before their users get too mad while others boil it quite quickly. I don't see any end to this problem, in music or elsewhere, unless something fundamental changes. I'd be preaching to the choir here to bring up open standards, but I wonder if it is time to bring in mandated (by law) regulation for some industries. Let the current big players in a few markets design something super abstract, and then let reps from many (+ some significant representation from users / small players) maintain and slowly shape it. I'd wonder if that could even commoditize some of these to even make entry by smaller players easier. Potential markets to approach with this regulation: - Music - App Stores - Social Media Posting (I know Mastadon exists, but not going to open that can of worms in this post for now) - Maps (OSM already is kind of here) - Ride Sharing - Food Delivery - Streaming Services - Health Data Apps - Dating Apps I think OSM is a great example of how this can bootstrap smaller players and ideas into quick effectiveness. I can't imagine what it could do for these other areas. If you remove the friction of user switching, you make it that much harder to "boil the frog". Yes, regulation will inherently slow down these areas in terms of "innovation", but we as users need to ask if that speed is worth the power and control most users end up giving these companies in regards to data/privacy/long term UX and user friendliness.