# Three companies will control 80% of cloud in two years

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2018-11-10
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** CEO of Overclock Labs On the World of Blockchain & Upcoming Technology In Development (CoinBundle)
- **Watch at:** 00:23:21 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Don1slbJlMQ&t=1401s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2018-11-10-three-companies-will-control-80-of-cloud-in-two-ye-ojob/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Three companies will control 80% of cloud in two years," CEO of Overclock Labs On the World of Blockchain & Upcoming Technology In Development (CoinBundle), 10 Nov 2018, 00:23:21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Don1slbJlMQ&t=1401s

## Quote — verbatim

> It's a cloud tax — we all pay the cloud tax, we all pay the Amazon tax. More importantly, the direction cloud infrastructure is going today is scary, considering three companies will control 80% of market share in two years. When three companies, oligarchs, control foundational elements of the internet, it's a very scary situation.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Asked how everyday users benefit from Akash; he frames cloud concentration (then ~60% share) as a societal danger, comparing it to US Steel's dominance in the Industrial Revolution.