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> Not mentioned: there would be a single gatekeeper for the internet, Cloudflare. I don't get it. Can you point out where Cloudflare gains the power to prevent

> Not mentioned: there would be a single gatekeeper for the internet, Cloudflare. I don't get it. Can you point out where Cloudflare gains the power to prevent Google or any other company from doing the same?

ceejayoz 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly It's not impossible. But it's hard.
- acdha 1y ago
  How would that work short of them buying most of the fiber in the world? A natural monopoly is a big problem for ISPs but they don’t do last-mile and they don’t appear to be anywhere close to being able to manipulate thr transit market.
  - ceejayoz 1y ago
    > How would that work short of them buying most of the fiber in the world? Did Google need that to dominate search?
    - acdha 1y ago
      No, and they didn’t have a natural monopoly there either.
      - ceejayoz 1y ago
        I'm not sure I'd agree. https://www.promarket.org/2017/05/09/google-close-natural-monopoly-bell-system-1956/ https://www.promarket.org/2017/05/09/google-close-natural-mo...