The internet was supposed to clear out all the middlemen. The websites consumers and factories use should be completely commodified and under strong competition, and with lots of innovation, like in the early days.
Very disappointing.
Very disappointing.
If I buy a charging cord from a factory owner, how long before I have it in my hand? And how much will shipping cost?
The fact that I can order a charging cord (or 10 different ones from 10 different manufacturers) and have them delivered tomorrow is innovation.
I honestly cannot tell whether you're joking.
Back to my main point: The basic logistics of distributing products around the world should be equally good or better in a world without monopolists - theoretically, monopolies extract a surplus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly#/media/File:Monopoly-...), intuitively it's obvious ("why try when you don't have to").