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Silicon Valley companies are an oligopoly - They behave more like collaborators than competitors. This type of behaviour just confirms it. Why does Google care
by jondubois 10y ago
Silicon Valley companies are an oligopoly - They behave more like collaborators than competitors. This type of behaviour just confirms it.
Why does Google care if someone wrote software to block Facebook ads? Maybe they have a secret deal with Facebook to help cleanse the world from ad blockers?
Obviously Apple has no skin in the game (they don't rely on ad money) - Maybe that's why they allowed the ad blocker to remain on their store.
This is a case of competing companies collaborating with each other at the expense of the consumer because the outcome is mutually-beneficial for the companies. This is anti-capitalist behaviour.
If Facebook has a problem with ad blockers, they should take it up with the government instead of collaborating with competitors.
That brings back memories of the Google/Apple employee anti-poaching agreement http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-google-others-settle-anti-poaching-lawsuit-for-415-million/ http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-google-others-settle-anti-poa...
- VikingCoder 10y agoThey should take it up with the government - rather than having terms of service which allow them to remove content they deem inappropriate? How exactly would going to the government make things better for anyone?
- jondubois 10y agoI don't see how 'Cleaner Facebook' is a brand infringement. Anybody who downloads this app would surely know that the app is not made by Facebook (it doesn't attempt to mislead users into thinking that). There is a clear distinction between claiming that something is made 'For Facebook' vs 'By Facebook".