That's part of what happened, but I think the reason that crony capitalism happened in the first place was the demographics changed. Companies don't "want" do t

That's part of what happened, but I think the reason that crony capitalism happened in the first place was the demographics changed. Companies don't "want" do to anything but exploit something to make a profit. When ICQ was huge, it wasn't your average joe sixpack using the internet. Now that it is, there's a lot of money to be made.