Cory Doctorow on Nostr: First we allowed companies to buy their competitors. Google is the shining example: ...
First we allowed companies to buy their competitors. Google is the shining example: having made a good product (search), the then fielded an essentially unbroken string of in-house flops, but it didn't matter, because they were able to buy their way to glory: video, mobile, ad-tech, server management, docs, navigation...They're not Willy Wonka's idea factory, they're Rich Uncle Pennybags, making up for their lack of invention by buying out everyone else:
https://locusmag.com/2022/03/cory-doctorow-vertically-challenged/2/
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