A short monologue by Precursor Ventures arguing that in winner-take-all, network-effect markets (e.g., browsers, OSes), dominant firms like Google and Microsoft may find it more profitable to prioritize market dominance now and accept regulatory fines later — i.e., 'win now, pay later' — rather than strictly following competition rules.
Whatever penalties Google is ultimately assessed for whatever they're accused of doing with Chrome. You think about that, you're like, well, if you're Google, I hate to say it, don't you think you're better off having Chrome as the dominant browser and paying a fine 10 or 15 years later? Same thing with Microsoft. So I think the history has been that in these competitive network effect driven or winner take all markets, it is probably a better business strategy to win now and pay later than it is to actually stick to the rules.
