Apple and Google Won; We Lost.

Darwinism proclaims the idea of survival of the fittest. The creature best adapted to changing circumstances will be the one that lives and flourishes whilst the others will eventually die out. Evolution has been a competition since the dawn of time to see who will claim the next epoch and who will end up in car engines. It is not necessarily the best creature that survives, only the most adaptable. With technology this mantra has also proven true. Long is the list of superior creations that have been pushed by the wayside in favour of a more adaptable competitor. Betamax was <a href="https://legacybox.com/blogs/analog/vhs-beat-betamax" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">superior but more expensive</a> than VHS. The Sega Dreamcast <a href="https://www.thegamer.com/segas-dreamcast-innovations/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">was more inventive than the PS2</a>. EV’s <a href="https://petapixel.com/2023/02/15/victorian-era-photos-prove-electric-cars-were-popular-way-before-tesla/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">originally lost out</a> to the infrastructure of fossil fuels. The Pebble battery lasted <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getpebble/pebble-time-awesome-smartwatch-no-compromises" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">days longer</a> than the Apple Watch. Napster, had it been properly licensed <a href="https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ongoing-history-daily-what-if-the-major-record-labels-had-bought-napster" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">could have upended</a> the whole idea of software distribution; the list goes on. <a href="https://carlst-james.medium.com/apple-and-google-won-we-lost-2895488191d1">Click Here</a>