# kaal:claim:4734750-006

**Claim.** The 2024 code review market is dominated by a few centralized firms that can charge exorbitant, monopoly-like prices, and those high prices do not buy a sound process because the code review process itself remains significantly flawed.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- code review market as of 2024

**Source quote.**

> In 2024, the code review industry is dominated by several key players who can charge exorbitant and monopoly-like prices. Despite these high prices, the code review process is subject to significant flaws.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Code Review DAO* (2024), Market for Code Reviews, page 13

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Code Review DAO (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4734750

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `60eadf91c0913468505afc664c8d8d1e1673d6c5326d031ca7060addb8ab2eda` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202024%20-%20Code%20Review%20DAO.pdf

**Failure mode.** Priced but flawed review  (family: valuation-and-pricing-failure)

**Topics.** economics, open-source-and-code, compliance

**Keywords.** code-review-market, market-concentration, monopoly-pricing, audit-firms

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3995709-019
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-028
- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-026
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-024
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-027

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