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Yelp is not that innocent either, their "practices" are just as questionable, if not more questionable, than Google's.

by willart4food 8y ago

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sitkack 8y ago
Not meant as an "and you ..." fallacy, nor to distract from article, but. The shakedown to not have competitor's ads displayed on "Your Yelp Page" is fking deplorable. It could be a whole lot of fun to be Attorney General.
seltzered_ 8y ago
Only sharing for reference, you reminded me that someone made a documentary ('billion dollar bully') about this (not released yet, but supposedly being premiered soon): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_Dollar_Bully https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_Dollar_Bully http://www.prostfilms.com/ http://www.prostfilms.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEbVh3Yhrw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEbVh3Yhrw (recent interview with the film creator)
- annexrichmond 8y ago
  The creator has been saying it will be released "soon" for years. Pretty sure it flopped.
  - seltzered_ 8y ago
    FWIW, They talk about the delays at 19m23s in the interview I linked. From staring at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1299637435/billion-dollar-bully/posts/1873596 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1299637435/billion-doll... I’d guess they’re still looking for or going through a distributor.
adventured 8y ago
It's not necessary to be innocent to be a legitimate witness to a crime, or victim of a crime. Sainthood is not a prerequisite to having credibility. Yelp's bad behavior does not mean they're wrong about Google's bad behavior. If Yelp's bad behavior needs correcting, you're suggesting that Google's behavior needs correcting 100x. These entities are not similar in size or economic power. They are not similar in the scale of detrimental effects they can have on consumers. A local radio monopoly, is not similar to Standard Oil's monopoly in the scale of consequence to society & consumers, despite both being monopolies; one is properly far more concerning than the other.

Yelp is not that innocent either, their "practices" are just as questionable, if not more questionable, than Google's.

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sitkack 8y ago

Not meant as an "and you ..." fallacy, nor to distract from article, but. The shakedown to not have competitor's ads displayed on "Your Yelp Page" is fking deplorable. It could be a whole lot of fun to be Attorney General.

seltzered_ 8y ago

Only sharing for reference, you reminded me that someone made a documentary ('billion dollar bully') about this (not released yet, but supposedly being premiered soon): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_Dollar_Bully https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_Dollar_Bully http://www.prostfilms.com/ http://www.prostfilms.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEbVh3Yhrw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEbVh3Yhrw (recent interview with the film creator)

annexrichmond 8y ago
The creator has been saying it will be released "soon" for years. Pretty sure it flopped.
- seltzered_ 8y ago
  FWIW, They talk about the delays at 19m23s in the interview I linked. From staring at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1299637435/billion-dollar-bully/posts/1873596 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1299637435/billion-doll... I’d guess they’re still looking for or going through a distributor.

adventured 8y ago

It's not necessary to be innocent to be a legitimate witness to a crime, or victim of a crime. Sainthood is not a prerequisite to having credibility. Yelp's bad behavior does not mean they're wrong about Google's bad behavior. If Yelp's bad behavior needs correcting, you're suggesting that Google's behavior needs correcting 100x. These entities are not similar in size or economic power. They are not similar in the scale of detrimental effects they can have on consumers. A local radio monopoly, is not similar to Standard Oil's monopoly in the scale of consequence to society & consumers, despite both being monopolies; one is properly far more concerning than the other.