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This is the second or third article regarding breaking up the google/facebook ad monopoly that I've read in the past few days. I'm guessing someone has hired a
by pg_bot 10y ago
This is the second or third article regarding breaking up the google/facebook ad monopoly that I've read in the past few days.
I'm guessing someone has hired a PR firm to push this idea as it feels like I'm being submarined. http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
- tyingq 10y agoI think it's a legitimate question, and probably should be discussed more anyway. The article misses the bigger issue to me though. Their market share in search, browsers, ad networks, maps, phones, and email creates an opportunity for abuse that's unprecedented. I'm worried about what they could do with all that. We depend quite a bit on their internal culture right now to prevent it. Imagine what a "god mode" app at Google might look like.
- angry-hacker 10y agoOr just people on the media are pissed off. They have that leverage anyway over Google to spread their thoughts through media. I personally think Google should be separated or made a dumb pipe, this would be the most American thing ever!
- bgw 10y agoThe telecoms need to be made "dumb pipe[s]" in the US before we start worrying about Google.
- angry-hacker 10y agoBut Google is bigger than U.S. Globally speaking, they have more influence and power.
- coldtea 10y ago>I'm guessing someone has hired a PR firm to push this idea as it feels like I'm being submarined. By this logic, everything that appears more than 3-10 times in the press has possibly been "submarined".