That's monopoly power for you. Right now there's competition to Intel again which means processors will probably start getting much faster again.
That's one of the few great things about capitalism - competition drives innovation.
That's one of the few great things about capitalism - competition drives innovation.
Just so long as the aforementioned monopolies don't choke out competition. Sadly, we seem to end up with a lot of pseudo-monopolies in the tech industry.
I wonder how much more competition we could have with strict monopolies regulation on acquisitions and mergers?