> deluge of spam and malware and DDOS attacks, to bring up a recent subject indirectly... But I think it's both are true: Explicit anti-competitive lock-in be

> deluge of spam and malware and DDOS attacks, to bring up a recent subject indirectly... But I think it's both are true: Explicit anti-competitive lock-in behavior exists (including embrace-extent-extinguish, closed ecosystems/networks, data lockup, dumping (e.g. giving away expensive to provide services to on-board people)), patent intimidation as well as centralizing external forces (spam, malware, DDOS, and criminal user conduct getting treated as crimes by the operator for non-megacorp operators). Which forces have a greater effect on your experience differs a lot from person to person.