[fragmede]

The feared downside is that FAANG quintopoly will forever own the Internet, which will stagnate and how we currently experience the Internet is how it will always be. That's a bit paranoid, to be sure, but in the face of anti-competitive behavior, it's not hard to believe in that possibility.

Microsoft was convicted of anti-competitive behavior, but by then it was too late, and Windows reigned supreme until it lost smartphones.

[filleduchaos]

I'm not quite sure how Netflix (and to a lesser extent Apple) registers alongside the rest as "owning the Internet". They're not even assured dominance in the streaming market alone.