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A single platform dominating is perfectly fine, and often even good as long as consumers have a viable plan b should the current market leader go down the toilet. The threat of competition is just as effective at pushing an industry forwards as actual strong opposition.

To put it bluntly, you don't need someone pointing a gun at you to be motivated to work harder. You just need to know the gun exists.