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>A monopoly or oligopoly does not suddenly become OK because we put some rules in place for how it should operate, and those rules may in fact entrench the esta
by fauigerzigerk 5y ago
>A monopoly or oligopoly does not suddenly become OK because we put some rules in place for how it should operate, and those rules may in fact entrench the established companies because they can afford the overhead
I think in some areas it is extremely difficult to prevent market concentration. How many viable operating systems can there be for instance?
Some markets simply have a structural bias towards very few global players. Trying to prevent that is a quixotic effort.
We need some rules to govern the relationship between dominant platforms and those whose livelihoods depend on those platforms.