> So sure, it'll get worse before it gets better, but it's not going to be permanently worse. Even if we don't shoot them first, the bad guys will shoot themselves in the foot eventually.

I used to think this way, but I have to admit the last decade or two has made me much more pessimistic about this.

There are just too many examples of oligopolies that have never stopped being terrible. I think the auto industry is one of them, and I suspect the software industry is likely to be another one.