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The oligopoly is not a "love affair", that's how IT works: prime mover advantage, "move fast and break things" (the first of them being interoperability), moats
by aredox 2y ago
The oligopoly is not a "love affair", that's how IT works: prime mover advantage, "move fast and break things" (the first of them being interoperability), moats, the brittleness of programming...
The whole startup/unicorns ecosystem exists only because there is the possibility of becoming the dominant player in a field within a few years (or being bought out by one of the big players). This "love affair with oligopoly" is the reason why Ycombinator/HN exists.
- noobermin 2y agoI feel like posting this as if it's a given means you are unaware of history. Just because something exists now doesn't mean it is always determined.
- immibis 2y agoIt works this way because we, as a society, decided we wanted it to.
- carschno 2y agoIt's correct that these are political/economical decisions. But most people in society neither have the knowledge for an informed opinion on such matters, nor a vote.
- funcDropShadow 2y agoThe society didn't decide that we want this. The society didn't decide that we want something else.
- Retr0id 2y agoIt's not an intrinsic property of IT, it's a property of how we've built it and allowed it to be built.