tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post6051513042329552334..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Brave New World of the Tech OligarchsStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-39701871344138674002021-07-20T23:42:31.484-07:002021-07-20T23:42:31.484-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Village Talkieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13224060030657838955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53322317868744869232019-06-21T10:12:37.310-07:002019-06-21T10:12:37.310-07:00There is another difference ignored but worth noti...There is another difference ignored but worth noting. When Standard Oil monopolized the petroleum industry, every additional barrel of crude extracted and refined cost the company money, and those costs scaled up (modulated by economies of scale, of course) as the consumer base and demand scaled up. When Microsoft tweaks Windows, or Facebook tweaks their customer-facing software, the existence of automated downloads and cloud computing means that the marginal cost of one more customer, or a million, is, in effect, near-zero. The ISPs carry the load. Nice business to be in.trigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.com