When the number of coronavirus cases in the US went through the roof and people were compelled to stay home, Netflix saw a surge in its number of subscribers. Even as profits and stock values crater across industries, it is only natural that tech giants, especially those in the area of social networking, see their fortunes boom.
For a long time, the big tech giants have become tyrants, murdering startups in cold blood and acquiring recalcitrant ones in their infancy, all the while getting themselves mired in anti-trust attritions. As the world economy charts a new course in the coming months, the tyranny is bound to get even worse. Do new startups stand a chance?
