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I wonder if technology is in fact a natural monopoly? If what we are heading towards is a sci-fi future where every single device integrates seemlessly with ev
by jiggy2011 14y ago
I wonder if technology is in fact a natural monopoly?
If what we are heading towards is a sci-fi future where every single device integrates seemlessly with everything else, can we do that with so many "kingdoms" not to mention the chaos of independent developers doing their own things.
- VLM 14y agoEverything about technology so far on the large scale has been about the opposite, preventing every device from seamless integration. Swap the tire from any car to any other car? Plumbers have entire vans full of "compatibility" parts. Over a century of electrical and phone service yet very limited interoperation and limited compatibility yet that "networking" is at the level of trivial connectors and AC waveforms. No, I'm not thinking tech is a natural monopoly. I remember my joy at the rise of USB... finally no more rs232 problems with DTE vs DCE and 9pin vs 25pin and m vs f connectors... then we got multiple USB connectors. Even funnier we have "power only" usb cables for phone charging that don't have data wires and are visually indistinguishable from "full" cables. Eh... bring back my RS-232, usb isn't any better at all.