# Four players control the cloud — what happens when few control the many

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-11-19
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Priv8 Virtual Summit: Greg Osuri, Tor Bair, Ari Paul's Take on the Decentralized Future (Orchid Labs)
- **Watch at:** 00:02:11 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6MlnDl6Rs&t=131s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-11-19-four-players-control-the-cloud-what-happens-when-f-inzr/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Four players control the cloud — what happens when few control the many," Priv8 Virtual Summit: Greg Osuri, Tor Bair, Ari Paul's Take on the Decentralized Future (Orchid Labs), 19 Nov 2021, 00:02:11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6MlnDl6Rs&t=131s

## Quote — verbatim

> Today most of the cloud computing market is really controlled by four players... the effects of which go beyond just cost. It really comes down to the whole topic of this conversation: what happens when few really control the many.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His self-introduction — Akash as transferring power from "oligopolized infrastructure players" to users; quote begins in the [00:01:29] block.