Monopolies, Linux and race to the bottom. Monopolies like Microsoft, Google, Apple for stuff that have no real competition, so the manufacturers have no incent

Monopolies, Linux and race to the bottom. Monopolies like Microsoft, Google, Apple for stuff that have no real competition, so the manufacturers have no incentive to polish their products. Linux for products made by volunteers that work when they can, how much they can and have the attitude "you get what you paid for, so don't complain too much". it is totally fair, but it leads to sloppy software. Race to the bottom, like our MES supplier that fired most of their US based people and hired juniors in India; the quality went downhill, but the lack of better alternatives (again ... monopolies) makes it good for them, financially, for a while. Their CEO gets the bonus for the savings this year, not for the death of the company 5 years later. EDIT: adding Internet, the way you can ship shitty software that you may partially fix later.