"You should be born in 1840 and try to build a petroleum company. Then enjoy watching it being dismantled by John D. Rockefeller." The gradient ascent to build

"You should be born in 1840 and try to build a petroleum company. Then enjoy watching it being dismantled by John D. Rockefeller." The gradient ascent to build a smartphone right now is a mile high. It's impossible to compete with Apple and Google, and you know this. This is exactly why we need the Department of Justice (and the equivalent in every other country) to start bringing those barriers to competition down. This can start by forcing both companies to allow nag-free, scare-free web installs of apps.