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The hidden monopoly behind your TI graphing calculator
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A podcast episode explores the long-standing market dominance of Texas Instruments and its iconic graphing calculators, which have remained a staple of school supplies for decades. Industry journalists discuss the history behind how a single device maintained its position across generations of students.
WHY IT MATTERS
It sheds light on how a lack of competition allowed a single educational technology product to maintain an enduring monopoly for decades.
The same calculator has been on most kids' back to school shopping list since the early 2000's and the dominance of Texas Instruments' calculator division goes back even farther. In the next episode of Version History, David Pierce is joined by The Verge's Nilay Patel and Victoria Song to tell the story of TI graphing [โฆ]
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