Economist trots out 2007 Guardian piece 'Will MySpace ever lose its monopoly?' to answer AI monopoly worries
JMateosGarcia · x · 2026-11-12
Economist cafreiman shared a screenshot of an old Guardian column asking "Will MySpace ever lose its monopoly?" as a reminder to those worried about AI monopolies: predictions of permanently dominant platforms have a history of aging badly. MySpace was once seen as an unshakeable social network king, and the very question now reads as satire.
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