alt Hacker News> VisaNet & friends make the modern consumer world go round.
I mean, as opposed to what? You could apply this to any infrastructure cartel like with AT&T in the 90s or Comcast or 100s of historical examples. The alternative to a bridge troll is not ”no bridge”.
The alternative to a bridge troll is "no bridge" if the bridge troll is the only party who has the capability to construct it in the first place.