The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world pluralistic.net 9 points by er0k 7 hours ago
sema4hacker 5 hours ago TL;DR: The "economic mistake" is allowing monopolization through vertical mergers (taking over parts of the supply chain both upstream and downstream).
Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836781
TL;DR: The "economic mistake" is allowing monopolization through vertical mergers (taking over parts of the supply chain both upstream and downstream).