Another take. I think that one of the forces that promote “monopolization” on the internet at least might be the issue of trust. It’s harder to trust “smaller” (or less known) businesses on the internet and vendors on platforms like Ebay, Etsy, Airbnb. Roughly speaking there’s quite a lot of scam and low quality products/services out there. Things work differently offline where physical location can in many situations create more sense of trustworthiness even for smaller businesses. Online – your brand is extremely important. And bigger companies tend to have better established brands.

Just a speculation (and not very related to BD in particular but to a situation where internet got overtaken by corporations instead of becoming that decentralized paradise we once hoped for).

But... I don't disagree with this. This is exactly what is happening, and it is yet still creating monopolies. Just because it is what people want does not mean it is a good thing.

That's true in the case of Boston Dynamics. Definitely seems less true in regards to a company like Crunchy Roll though.

It’s totally applicable. Crunchy Roll are a media aggregator - the more aggregated a service is, the better value. Consider consumer unwillingness to subscribe to 5-6 different streaming services, but toleration of having 2-3. In fact, consumers would prefer just to have one that does everything. In other words, a direct connection between consumer demand and monopoly creation.

Do you actually believe that?