# Four companies control 81% of the cloud

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-05-22
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** The Unstoppable Livestream: exiledsurfer and Greg Osuri (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:26:57 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUBL4eguqq4&t=1617s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-05-22-four-companies-control-81-of-the-cloud-62gm/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Four companies control 81% of the cloud," The Unstoppable Livestream: exiledsurfer and Greg Osuri (Akash Network), 22 May 2021, 00:26:57. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUBL4eguqq4&t=1617s

## Quote — verbatim

> What, four companies control 81 \[percent\] of the cloud? ... if you look at any industry, \[oligopolization\] is an issue that most people don't really talk about — like telecom, right? Telcos: 21 companies literally control almost hundred percent.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Greg agreeing with exiledsurfer's critique of oligarchic control of media and finance, extending it to cloud and telecom concentration.