Monopolies on file formats - It´s quite a two way situation. On one hand they can work great in a certain media form. Lets take computer games, or narrow it down to console games. Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 have the same button layout, the only difference is in controllers design. So the same games could be shared with consoles. Or not? Well the hardware is different as PS3 uses blue-ray, but let that be at the moment. Lets presume they both use the same format of discs. It would be easy to share a file format so a game could work on both devices with one dvd making it easier to swap games with friends and therefor making the game more attractive. Anyway, it ain't so and no one makes it a problem. If the game turns out any good they probably will make it for all platforms, not just one, so I guess the same thing goes for e-books, movies, music etc - if it is any good there will always be a substitute format for the same thing.
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