Mainstream media coverage has focused on the issue of monopolies in the technology sector ever since there was the talk of splitting up Microsoft into more than one company. Few organizations, however, have ever actually pressed for any real action that would solve the problem.
One of the biggest reasons for this is the fact that when tech companies make outlandish statements, few people believe them. Back in the 1970s, people like Steve Wozniak and Paul Allen were predicting a future where everyone had personal computers on their desks. Very few financial analysts believed that this was actually possible.
The digital revolution happened, and those who foresaw it ended up in almost total control of it. Today, the same thing is going once again and many in the media aren't fully aware of what's at stake as a result.
Consider the example of software monocultures that are plaguing almost every industry.
Software Monocultures & the Lack of Alternatives
In some markets, a single firm controls every option that users have available to them. Desktop and laptop computers have long been dominated solely by the Windows platform, which has allowed certain cyberattacks to take down huge subsections of the general population.
The same problem is now affecting ...
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