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> nothing but preference or lazyness Those two (but especially preference) are extremely strong motivators for humans to choose one product over the other. Bu
by calcifer 9y ago
> nothing but preference or lazyness
Those two (but especially preference) are extremely strong motivators for humans to choose one product over the other.
But even if it wasn't, the law is there the protect the citizens and their livelihoods, not one company's supposed right to hold a monopoly.
- harryf 9y agoA lot of time, research and money has gone into feeding those preferences and laziness. The patterns to create habit forming products are well known - even books about it http://amzn.to/1PU95Fp http://amzn.to/1PU95Fp There probably needs to a category of consumer software where the argument "but you could always use an alternative" should not apply, when evaluating monopolies. Once you have network effects for example, you have the foundations for a monopoly. WhatsApp is probably a monopoly by now, for example: if all you're friends are using it, you don't really have a choice, even though there are alternatives.
- interfixus 9y agoOf course I have a choice. Not using WhatsApp.