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

11 points by er0k 8mo ago ↗ HN

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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).