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It's because most people don't understand the societal consequences of it. We are dependent on the whims of single companies like no other time in history.
by rvense 5y ago
It's because most people don't understand the societal consequences of it.
We are dependent on the whims of single companies like no other time in history.
- rimliu 5y agoWhat could those whims be? To go out of business?
- blitzar 5y ago> We are dependent on the whims of single companies like no other time in history. If discord whom one might depend upon, on a whim shut down, there are about 50 alternatives. The consumer has the most power they have ever had in history, and the companies are all desperately hoping that they are not going into the wikipedia page next to myspace (at least until the c-suite cashes out). Chat forums are so incredibly low stakes anyway, that the disappearence of a handfull would probably be a net contributer to the world anyway. Nothing of great value would be lost. So the societal consequences you speak of are meaningless.
- criley2 5y agoI disagree that we are dependent on the whims of single companies more than anytime in history. In fact, once you go 100 years or more back, I think most of history is dominated by major monopolies, trusts, and nation-sized companies in ways that we can't fathom. There is no East India Trading Company today. There is no U.S. Steel or Rockefeller Standard Oil. There is no Big 3 newsmedia companies controlling all news. Just saying, a little historical perspective is useful.