Re: We appear doomed to repeat mistakes from history
"Look at MS' monopoly today. It is excruciatingly difficult to find a high-street retailer that sells laptops / pc's without Windows, anywhere in the world."
A contestable monopoly. Proven by the fact that they are contested and as a technology company they are taking a kicking. This is not an anti nor pro MS post but a simple statement that they do not have monopoly power. In the PC world they are being hit by apple, a more expensive product. With the rise of windows 10 (and 8 for some) there has been an increase in linux users. The zune hit the wall, in the mobile sphere they are all but dead and in the tablet market they are beaten back by google and apple. MS bing seems to be an amusing joke for IT people while google is well known.
How long has this 'big tech' existed? FB has already been contested with google and twitter etc and FB was the more popular choice. Before that was MySpace wasnt it?
"But its kind of ironic though because Facebook and Google's grip is really the softest in history. Quitting Facebook or Google is effortless."
This is the 100% fact that people need to accept. Why are google and facebook popular? Because people choose to use them. They have a choice not to use them and so it is not a monopoly.
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