Second to last nail in the coffin. Yay. Sometimes the interests of hundreds of millions of people can in fact outweigh the interests of two corporations. With so many things about our society under attack, this is good news. attack,
An alternative way to look at it: the value in the network is due to the networking effects, which is contributed by the network members --- the value provided by the two corporations is slight in comparison. This is the same as in property value --- a McDonalds located in downtown San Francisco is quite a different proposition to one located in the middle of a prairie, and the value isn't in the building, but the availability of patrons that comes from a flourishing neighborhood.
