Pseudo-monopolies are great at extinguishing imagination like that, and tbh Google search (as I understand its basic setup) was only as good as it was thanks to timing and few really good competitors.

  • @[email protected]
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    169 months ago

    Microsoft never stopped trying. They made a reasonably good product and even had some monopoly power behind it. But still couldn’t succeed.

    • ElleOP
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      To be clear, when referring to a reasonably good product, which iteration of their attempts are you describing?