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It's true that these integrations are convenient for users, but it's also true that they harm market competition. Google's press release seems to avoid address
by callumlocke 9y ago
It's true that these integrations are convenient for users, but it's also true that they harm market competition.
Google's press release seems to avoid addressing the latter point. The closest they come is pointing out that Amazon also has a monopoly advantage, which doesn't seem like a strong argument.
- pweissbrod 9y agoIf youve been in this business long enough you could see how this comment around "convenient integrations" could be applied to Microsoft/IE on the start menu 20 years' back. Seems to be a thin line between "convenient integrations" and big players reducing choice/competition. I realize I'm not the average consumer but I'll clamor for choice/competition every single time.
- callumlocke 9y agoI don't think it's just a thin line, I think it's an overlap, that's the problem. Monopolies can be genuinely convenient/useful for consumers. Sometimes regulators have to make things less convenient/useful in the short term to prevent monopoly and stagnation in the long term.