The following is a guest post from Ali Husain, an advisor at Navigate.
While Web3 has offered an alternative to the dominance of Big Tech firms in many aspects of the technology sector, it has yet to overcome the duopoly dominance of Google Maps and Apple Maps in the digital mapping market. According to a report by Gitnux, this duopoly is maintained by the existing strength of Google and Apple’s market share and by their significant resources, allowing them to develop features like Google Street View to the extent that other projects cannot compete.
The dominance of these two companies has also forced others in Big Tech to come together to penetrate the market. Companies including Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon have agreed to form the Overture Maps Foundation to challenge the dominance of Google and Apple in the digital mapping space. In this context, where even some of the most influential Big Tech companies are struggling to gain a solid foothold, can Web3 provide the means to bring g
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