Big Businesses or Mom and Pop?

Big Business allows the consumer to have a large measure of convenience and access to things they may not have had originally, but is that really all that worth it when they start abusing this reliance and start monopolizing? The answer, in my opinion, is no. Big Business may bring nice conveniences and ease of access but they also stifle local business and new entrepreneurs. The moment Facebook saw that VR was going to be big in the near future, what did they do? They threw a massive amount of money at Oculus and bought them out immediately, effectively showing other startups that they better not even try or they'll just get bought up and put in the conglomerate. Conglomerates such as these stifle individual creativity in favor of turning the biggest profit possible, and if you don't align with that then they remove you. Small Mom and Pop stores are the ones that bring new products and innovation into the industry, not the people who try to redesign the wheel by changing the way your trackpad scrolls.