Raw LLM Responses

Honestly its simple: the internet age was unstable and hard to pull a profit. The dotcom boom/bust didnt help. Companies got more by being a helpful utility while being cautious on big ventures. That is, until a few winners rose to the top that finally managed to be an aggregate resource for information, social, or commerce. A tipping point was hit and these few proved you can be big enough to be depended upon. They no longer needed to fight for market share, traffic, or sales. Growth was now exponential and not linear. Money finally found its place as the primary driver instead if people.