I think the author is pretty spot-on in the implicit conclusion that this is the natural result of increasingly centralized businesses running pseudo-monopolies in key industries.
I think the author is pretty spot-on in the implicit conclusion that this is the natural result of increasingly centralized businesses running pseudo-monopolies in key industries.
I feel like this is usually discussed on the micro-level (e.g. an employee's fear of whistleblowing on her boss), but not so much on the macro-level.
Preferential attachment begets winner takes all.
Internet begets fewer, larger markets, meaning fewer, larger players.
Engagement driven revenue begets outrageous content.
I don't have a problem with these three natural phenomenon. It's just two maths and one psychology.
The two differences today are a) scale and b) the combination is far more potent. As Stalin praised, quantity has its own quality.
My issue is the willful ignorance (Freedom Markets™ ideology) thwarting any kind of reasonable counterbalance.
I'd like the world of commerce to be more NFL and less MLB.