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> The only viable contenders You gotta explore the Internet more. “Viable” is quite subjective. I, an American, do not perceive services from oppressive regim

> The only viable contenders You gotta explore the Internet more. “Viable” is quite subjective. I, an American, do not perceive services from oppressive regimes as such. Features and UX aren’t enough. Regarding the dominance of FAANG, that’s temporary. Xerox Parc, HP, Oracle, &c were behemoths in their time. What happened? Better products and companies supplanted the old guards. I refuse to believe the dominance of a handful of companies cannot be overcome.

masswerk 5y ago
> What happened? The introduction of entirely new architectural platforms and related distribution channels provided a unique opportunity. I doubt that it would have been possible without this. (Xerox PARC, BTW, was never a market factor, but only a research facility.) In a few cases, the breaking of the dot-com bubble provided an opportunity for a major reset (compare the demise of SUN, this probably relates to Oracle, as well.) * Regarding "viable contenders": I'm not intending any valuation. It's rather a factual statement about if and where there are services of a similar capability. (Turns out, there is some kind of systemic aspect to this.) *) You may say, those who relate to the internet as "broken" are yearning for a similar hiatus or paradigm shift.