It comes in waves. In the 90s there was a monopoly so rapacious that the Department of Justice had to very nearly break it up before it strangled the Web in its

It comes in waves. In the 90s there was a monopoly so rapacious that the Department of Justice had to very nearly break it up before it strangled the Web in its crib. Grift and nepotism and cronyism and distorted markets were the norm then too. This is the first time it’s been so bad since, but I’m optimistic: we’re actually in a better position now because serious foreign tech dynamos don’t give a fuck about American mafia nepotism, we can’t just keep this in the family. I don’t know if this DeepSeek App Store thing will be the match that lights this thing up, but the grass is very tall and very, very dry.