Honestly? Big tech got big because they use as a weapon the power of previous public-funded research like Xerox PARC one, only when they found ways to keep the

Honestly? Big tech got big because they use as a weapon the power of previous public-funded research like Xerox PARC one, only when they found ways to keep the users not really in control/in power, and with many government/intelligence help. Just remember the casual information on Oracle or Google history. The rest is psychology, ignorance and money.