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I'm only replying because you solicited thoughts. I think you dislike Facebook, and would love for it to be sued/ruled a monopoly/forced to break up. I think pe

I'm only replying because you solicited thoughts. I think you dislike Facebook, and would love for it to be sued/ruled a monopoly/forced to break up. I think people are quite aware of exactly how big a fish they are, and that they are nothing compared to what Microsoft used to be. More importantly, you could buy a computer and phone and live without Facebook (or Instagram. My life would be poorer without Whatsapp though).

blowski 10y ago
Is Facebook abusing its dominance to prevent competition, allowing it to artificially inflate prices? This was a big argument against Microsoft in the 1990s - they prevented computer retailers selling computers with non-Microsoft operating systems. On that level, I'm hesitant to call Facebook a monopoly. However, looked at another way, Facebook is now too important to be a private company. It has access to so much data about so many people that the potential for abuse is huge. I wouldn't want to see them become a government owned entity, as the potential for abuse would be just as great (maybe greater) while innovation would inevitably slow down. But I would like to see a regulator that sits on Facebook's board, can review its source code and order changes. My dream would be for Facebook to be broken up and turned into a protocol. But it seems that ship has sailed.