Competition in the cloud computing market is impeded through a familiar playbook, he writes: Bundling services, opaque pricing schemes, and high switching costs that keep customers locked in.

“The oligopoly in cloud computing presents an urgent risk,” he said, “because society depends on the cloud, especially for developing AI systems.”

Ramzanali just released a six-point policy blueprint based on his own research urging Congress to regulate the sector as a kind of critical infrastructure like the transportation, healthcare or energy... See more