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> that's not what I'm talking about and you know it. I mean large well-known and easily accessible versions of those

Not particularly.

They existed at a small scale. Always. Smartphones let them knit together. That scale produced efficiencies. Authorities tried to clamp down but consumers loved them and policy adapted. The path from point A to point B looks linear and altogether unsurprising, albeit ex post facto.



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