You can have cooperatives right now.

Why are there daily posts against Brave but not against other browsers? Is Google more trustworthy than Brave?

Competition is key. If they work together, it’s to the detriment of all.

The problem of capitalism is that managing the competition becomes too complicated. Additionally, competition leads to price distortions. That can also become problematic.

The beauty of capitalism is that it rewards cooperation which makes it ugly because the lack thereof shows our deepest rifts.

To stay obvious, what’s fascinating is that those networks are small, its members the most intelligent people available and they meet each other regularly in person at conferences.

Why do they accept the lock-in?

To mention the obvious, it’s the same network effect that keeps people on X and Reddit.