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> To wit, the global monopolist who benefited the most from the network-effect lock-in used to be IBM. Then it was Microsoft. Now it's Facebook. In time, this t
by worldsayshi 5y ago
> To wit, the global monopolist who benefited the most from the network-effect lock-in used to be IBM. Then it was Microsoft. Now it's Facebook. In time, this too will change.
Why does there have to be a global monopolist though? I wonder if we ever will end up in that decentralised dream.
- jraby3 5y agoThe outage yesterday reminded me of how many other services do the exact same thing. The only app I use by FB is WhatsApp and it wasn’t too bad using signal, FaceTime and sms to communicate.
- timeon 5y agoUnfortunately it seems to me that it is more convenient for majority of people to be served by monopolies.