As we drift inexorably toward the singularity all markets consolidate, all software companies are aquired or merge becoming vertically integrated monopolies. The final, penultimate everything-system will be simultaneously the largest company ever, the largest software ecosystem ever, and by definition the most valulable and simultaneously also the most vulnerable.
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We're just in the swing of history toward monolithic power. We'll likely swing anti-trust-ward soon.
No idea what this has to do with a singularity or why that's the only possible future, so I'll stop responding now.