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Could someone please ELI5 this? I get the overall concept but I don't really understand why doing this is convenient for them.
They stand to benefit by having a de facto monopoly over email by exploiting their position as one of the biggest email providers in the world
"Monopoly" may not be the right word since Microsoft and Yahoo! also seem to be engaging in similar anti-consumer practices, but basically they seek to end the days of independently hosted email providers, which is obviously not good for us
Oligopoly