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Comment by jorvi

1 year ago

Startups went from “let’s become the next Google” to “let’s get acquired by Google”. FAANG+ have become way too big and have effectively become a multi-opoly (oxymoron and a half) that has ossified the entire market.

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AbstractH24  1 year ago

But two decades earlier couldn’t you say the same thing about Microsoft?

It’s part of the cycle.

bulletsvshumans  1 year ago

Oligopoly is a close word.

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