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Re:Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past (2023) by telchior on Friday August 30, 2024 @04:07PM (#41403989)
To be fair, sometimes the "Japan is backwards" spiel is focused solely on their technology. And I don't think that one is wrong, even today. The keiretsus have continued to do a very poor job at innovating.
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Re:Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past (2023) by doublerabbit on Friday August 30, 2024 @05:18PM (#41404562)
> The keiretsus have continued to do a very poor job at innovating.

It's the same everywhere. We are now stuck in the world where the formula is of A or B.

Android vs Apple

Intel vs AMD

Sony vs Nintendo

Microsoft vs Linux

Firefox vs Chrome

For any technology that has a third party has a very little mindshare.

Not only does this make innovation hard. How? When only the same two contenders continue to dominate the market and have newr-infinite resources.

"let us buy you out, or we'll make our own"

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Re:Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past (2023) by amy-petrik-214 on Saturday August 31, 2024 @11:03AM (#41409383)
coke and pepsi NYSE and nasdaq google and bing lowes and home depot democrat and republican fedex and UPS boing and airbus uber and lift rettardit and twitter

tho how much is corporate shenanigans and how much is power law of company size, idk

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