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by hcarvalhoalves 4911 days ago
The early web was scattered because there was infrastructure in place but the initiatives were short-lived, diverged, or motivated by personal reasons.

It's the nature of our market - or maybe our culture - for things to agglomerate and monopolize though. Just notice how it's more likely you're wearing shoes made by a multinational company, not the shoemaker next door, or even yourself.