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> It’s really bizarre to call a business a ‘warlord’. It's not more bizarre than calling someone else's servers "the cloud". I'd call GAFAM warlords because th
by type0 6y ago
> It’s really bizarre to call a business a ‘warlord’.
It's not more bizarre than calling someone else's servers "the cloud". I'd call GAFAM warlords because they are monopolistic, force their unwanted preferences upon users and buy up competition so there is none to migrate to.
- zepto 6y agoThe big difference between warlords and these companies is that a warlord uses force and often violence to gain power. These companies have gained power by selling things people are choosing to buy.
- type0 6y ago> warlord uses force and often violence to gain power. not necessary if they gain it after the power vacuum The behaviors these companies engage in are anti competitive. MS even saved Apple at one point so that in antitrust suit they could point out that other operating systems existed. GAFAM are not on the side of the people. For decades I never asked for a Windows license when buying PC, and yet I had no choice, most of the computers weren't available without giving MS a cut, that's a mob methods, take it leave it.
- zepto 6y ago“I never asked for a Windows license when buying PC, and yet I had no choice.” I have owned countless computers since the mid 80’s, and I have never been forced to purchase a windows license or used windows on a computer I bought for myself. There have always been options.