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it is difficult to stop the "winner-takes-all" economic dynamics from playing out, but interoperability does allow for small competitors to emerge in niche mark
by fsckboy 5y ago
it is difficult to stop the "winner-takes-all" economic dynamics from playing out, but interoperability does allow for small competitors to emerge in niche markets and through technological innovation bite off substantial markets. (AMD uses interoperability to compete with Intel.)
and ¿por qué no los dos, interoperabilidad y antimonopolio?
- hn_throwaway_99 5y agoCompletely agree. I'm in favor of interoperability for its own benefits (it's not without issues but thank God I can mostly depend on USB-C on all my devices these days), but just pointing out that interoperability as a counter to wealth/power concentration is insufficient.
- hanniabu 5y agoIt's less about wealth/power concentration and more about the ability to upset that wealth/power concentration.
- nitrogen 5y agoYes, for example if Myspace, Facebook, Google+, and all the open alternatives had all been interoperable, it would have been less likely for one of them to become a monopoly on the friends/wall/timeline segment.
- PontifexMinimus 5y ago> just pointing out that interoperability as a counter to wealth/power concentration is insufficient Interoperability moves the world towards less concentration of wealth and power. So it's a step in the right direction.