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sucks that market forces doesn't allow a lone developer to be noticed against one of these companies because people refuse to spend time to try something new. as if time costs money. if we spend time on marketing we will be worse developers. then be surprised when one person takes down entire sector.

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It's not just that: it's that the hyper platform companies have been allowed to turn {build a better X} into {build a better X + rebuild their entire platform/ecosystem}.

That's the real harm to competition, and why the Digital Markets Act is a great idea.

Fuck Google et al. maintaining their market hegemonies.

In order to build a better web browser, once should not also have to build a highly trafficked search engine AND a widely deployed mobile phone OS.

Yet that's exactly the situation that missing monopoly enforcement has allowed to come into being...

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