One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
Look, it's simple: I trust Apple and Google to self-regulate the use of their monopoly power about exactly as much as people trusted Microsoft, AT&T, Standard Oil, Western Union, ... to do so in the past.
Monopolies are bad, it's such a simple insight of economic history, why the hell did we stop applying antitrust regulations?
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
Look, it's simple: I trust Apple and Google to self-regulate the use of their monopoly power about exactly as much as people trusted Microsoft, AT&T, Standard Oil, Western Union, ... to do so in the past.
Monopolies are bad, it's such a simple insight of economic history, why the hell did we stop applying antitrust regulations?
Recommended book: The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets by Thomas Philippon
It's a shame that this has to be dealt with so much in the court of public opinion and not, like, the court of law.
For sure, that's a poor substitute