# kaal:claim:4734750-018

**Claim.** Centralized market power blocks other industry players from establishing internal or external controls on code review quality, so the public has no or very weak control over the quality of the review services it receives.

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

**Source quote.**

> The centralized power also undermines attempts by other industry players to create internal or external controls on the quality of code reviews. As a result, the public has no or very weak control over the quality of code review services it receives.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Code Review DAO* (2024), No Controls, page 16

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

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**Failure mode.** Absent quality controls  (family: board-and-oversight-failure)

**Topics.** decentralization

**Keywords.** quality-controls, centralization, accountability, public-interest

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