Tech only has one strategy: Embrace, Extend, Extinguish
This is an extremely naive take.<p>Standards by definition can&#x27;t innovate at the pace technology is evolving.<p>Successful companies have no choice but to continuously iterate.<p>Natural Monopolies occur even if it isn&#x27;t your strategy because of the nature of things.<p>Wikipedia, Craigslist didn&#x27;t set out to become a monopoly, but it naturally became one.<p>If you don&#x27;t understand the underlying natural forces that are at force, then you succumb to conspiracy theories like OP.<p>Do company take advantage of the natural forces?. Of Course. Blitzscaling is a business strategy that takes advantage of this. But it is more of, someone will have a monopoly due to natural forces, might as we be us and might as well accelerate that process