If you almost only plant wheat, you are going to end up with one hell of a pest problem.
If you almost only have Windows XP, you are going to have one hell of a virus problem.
If you almost only have SearchRank-style search engines (or just the one), you are going to have one hell of a content spam problem.
Even though they have some pretty dodgy incentives, I don't think google suffers quality problems because they are evil, I think ultimately they suffer because they're so dominant. Whatever they do, the spammers adapt almost instantly.
A diverse ecosystem on the other hand limits the viability of specialization by its very nature. If one actor is attacked, it shrinks and that reduces the opportunity for attacking it.
If you almost only plant wheat, you are going to end up with one hell of a pest problem.
If you almost only have Windows XP, you are going to have one hell of a virus problem.
If you almost only have SearchRank-style search engines (or just the one), you are going to have one hell of a content spam problem.
Even though they have some pretty dodgy incentives, I don't think google suffers quality problems because they are evil, I think ultimately they suffer because they're so dominant. Whatever they do, the spammers adapt almost instantly.
A diverse ecosystem on the other hand limits the viability of specialization by its very nature. If one actor is attacked, it shrinks and that reduces the opportunity for attacking it.