The 40-Year Economic Mistake That Let Google Conquer (and Enshittify) the World
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The article discusses how allowing vertical mergers has led to Google's dominance and 'enshittification' of various markets, with commenters providing context and summarizing the main argument.
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ChrisArchitect
2 months ago
Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836781
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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