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Tech progress is slowing down because all of the entrenched players are protecting their cash cows rather than innovating. I also think that the ability of thes
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
Tech progress is slowing down because all of the entrenched players are protecting their cash cows rather than innovating. I also think that the ability of these companies to capture practically all talented tech employees with inflated salaries has harmed the industry and diminished creativity. The fracturing of these massive conglomerates hopefully brings a cambrian explosion of new tech.
- trilbyglens 4y agoSo much this. It's time to go Ma Bell on Google et. al.
- throwaway5959 4y agoHow would you split up Google?
- pm90 4y agoThe US Govt is currently suing Google to make them divest their ad exchanges. That would be a good start.
- mrtweetyhack 4y ago[dead]
- IdiocyInAction 4y agoDid you read the article? Tech progress in the areas the article talked about slowed down like 70 years ago.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y agoI read up until the paywall
- dredmorbius 4y ago<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34849488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34849488> Archive.Is (<https://archive.today https://archive.today>) defeats most paywalls these days. There are other options such as <https://12ft.io https://12ft.io>. It's generally presumed that HN readers will be aware of this.
- gizmo 4y agoMany people, myself included, would prefer paywalled content didn’t get submitted to HN at all. The quality of paywalled articles is low compared to the other articles submitted and the discussions that follow are significantly worse on average.
- dredmorbius 4y agoUnderstood, and some sympathies. Take it up with dang, or submit an Ask HN piece. That said: you have the option of flagging such submissions, provided you're over the fairly modest karma limit, which it appears you are.
- more_corn 4y agoSame. I don’t know why people keep engaging with wsj content.
- yeshap 4y ago[dead]