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The real problem that Google doesn't want to talk about is its monopoly (with FB) of the digital ad market, to the tune of something like 85% of the total marke
by mudil 9y ago
The real problem that Google doesn't want to talk about is its monopoly (with FB) of the digital ad market, to the tune of something like 85% of the total market. As a result, from big to small publishers, specialty publishers, regional publications, etc are all struggling. Here's a read: https://www.medgadget.com/2018/03/google-serfdom-publishing-digital-age.html https://www.medgadget.com/2018/03/google-serfdom-publishing-...
- IAmEveryone 9y agoHow exactly can two competing companies share a monopoly?
- mudil 9y agoDuopoly, to be precise
- IAmEveryone 9y agoPlus, of course, those other 15% of the market, to be even more precise. Not to mention that online advertisement to a certain degree is the same market as other forms of advertisement.
- mudil 9y agoLook, there is a reason there are active investigations of Google's and FB's effects on the news media in U.K., Australia, Korea. They are duopoly and their effects reverberate through the entire internet, stifling creation of new websites and new media sources. There's a reason that VC investment in news media on the internet is nonexistent.