[jthacker]

I'm unable to read the article due to the paywall, but if the first paragraph is indicative of the thesis, then it is "startups that build incremental functionality on top of existing products are upset when the company improves their product with the same functionality". I'd say there are two issues at play here: 1. The large Tech companies are too big and do too many things. They should be broken up for no other reason than to protect the public from their eventual collapse or abuse of power. 2. As a startup, don't build an incremental product that can easily be scooped by a competitor, especially if that competitor is a mega corporation.

[zeruch]

"s a startup, don't build an incremental product that can easily be scooped by a competitor" unless that's the goal (and sometimes it is).