The 40-Year Economic Mistake That Let Google Conquer (and Enshittify) the World
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The article argues that a 40-year economic mistake allowed Google to become a monopoly, with commenters debating the author's bias and the implications of vertical mergers.
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periodjet
2 months ago
What is it with sci-fi authors being so uniquely insufferable now that they’re all opining publicly on every topic under the sun? It’s a fascinating phenomenon that I haven’t seen anyone investigate yet in depth. Would love to read an article about it.
bediger4000
2 months ago
This seems like a good discussion but its author (Cory Doctorow) has a long-held grudge against Google. See his short story "Scroogled" (https://craphound.com/scroogled.html) from 2007. Not exactly unbiased.
sema4hacker
2 months ago
TL;DR: The "economic mistake" is allowing monopolization through vertical mergers (taking over parts of the supply chain both upstream and downstream).
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