• PushButton@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Did you know horses were the only way to move around before cars?

      Did you know the US airline industry, and AT&T phone system were a monopoly situation?

      Do you remember when Dropbox, Docker were the only product that filled their niche spot?

      So, no, monopoly does not always win.

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      4 hours ago

      Well, we have like 3 decades at most of this kind of tech, and really only a couple of generations modern capitalism, so it’s a bit tough to say “always” about anything. It would be more accurate, historically, to say that the monarchy always wins - but especially in that case - past performance does not guarantee future returns.