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I am reading Peter Thiel's book about startups, and he discusses the nature of technological monopolies. It says how most tech monopolies have common attributes
by TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
I am reading Peter Thiel's book about startups, and he discusses the nature of technological monopolies. It says how most tech monopolies have common attributes: proprietary software, network effects, economies of scale, and a solid brand. It looks to me like those companies have all of that.
- gvhst 6y agoYes, but tech monopolies != Space Exploration
- MR4D 6y agoI google'd it just for fun, but I thought you had made a really good point.... Sadly, and much to my disbelief, you are incorrect: MSFT: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-azure-orbital-process-satellite-data-at-cloudscale/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-azure-orb... FB: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-confirms-its-working-on-new-internet-satellite/ https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-confirms-its-working-on... GOOGL: https://earthengine.google.com/ https://earthengine.google.com/ AAPL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2019/12/20/apple-building-satellite-to-iphone-tech-spacex-launching-42000-satellites-2--2--/?sh=54ba440368a7 https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2019/12/20/apple-b... AMZN: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2020/07/31/amazon-is-going-to-add-3000-more-satellites-into-earths-orbit--and-people-are-not-happy/?sh=385a6ed37628 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2020/07/31/a... If I had more time, I'd run down more companies (Like, who even knows what Slack might be planning! )