This is only terrifying because of how we’ve structured society. There’s a version of the trajectory we’re on that leads to a post-scarcity society. I’m not sure we can pull that off as a species, but even if we can, it’s going to be a bumpy road.

Meh, it’s not that I totally disagree with you, I just don’t think it’s that big of a deal. And I say that as both a consumer and a mobile engineer.

Lots of market categories are duopolies. Even monopolies sometimes. Somehow the world keeps turning. Apple and Google won’t be the largest and most powerful companies forever, just like the companies that came before them.

It’s going to be OK.

I feel the same, but I’m curious how you avoid rentals that don’t have CarPlay?

Is there any reason to think analog gauges are more reliable than a digital version of the same?

So much fear.

It’s not that I think Google or Apple are altruistic, or that we wouldn’t be better off if they were broken up, but as far as I can tell, the only space where it’s hard to avoid both of them is the mobile phone OS. And I think that’s mainly a function of the fact that generally people are happy with those two options. In every other category there’s other solid options and Google and Apple are easily avoided.

There’s a million things that I’m more worried about than the mobile OS duopoly. It’s going to be OK.