Tech monopolies tend not to fall like Rome. They fall like Venice. They’re still there, and no-one actually invades them, but the trade routes moved, the things that gave them power and wealth stop mattering, and they become just another city, and then a backwater.
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Also, both Ebay and Microsoft bought Skype. How did that turn out?
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Also, the argument isn't that every big company is eternal. It's that they can really entrench themselves for decades and decades, especially in an environment of weak enforcement and network effects—plus we're talking cash reserves in 8-9 digits.
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