The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world

The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world(pluralistic.net)

11 points by er0k 192 days ago | 2 comments

Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836781

sema4hacker 192 days ago |

TL;DR: The "economic mistake" is allowing monopolization through vertical mergers (taking over parts of the supply chain both upstream and downstream).

ChrisArchitect 192 days ago |

Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836781

sema4hacker 192 days ago |

TL;DR: The "economic mistake" is allowing monopolization through vertical mergers (taking over parts of the supply chain both upstream and downstream).