Monopolies must be dismantled.

Posted Sep 29, 2025 11:05 UTC (Mon) by paulj (subscriber, #341)
In reply to: Monopolies must be dismantled. by wazoox
Parent article: F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree

Amen. There are a number of tech companies who have gotten far, far, far too large.

At least 3 of the biggest have a tacit understanding between them that each has certain 'territories' or scopes that are theirs, and the others will mostly try avoid encroaching. I.e., search and video, social, and retail/cloud (IIRC). I have heard this understanding spoken of by management at 1 of those big 3.

It's stereotypical protectionism and monopolistic behaviour.

Monopolies must be dismantled.

Posted Sep 29, 2025 13:13 UTC (Mon) by NAR (subscriber, #1313) [Link]

Well, Google did try social, it didn't really worked out. Facebook also has Marketplace as kind of retail. It's hard to beat the network effects...