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Why isn't the problem that Google has a monopoly on search? IF (a big IF) Google was actually biased, you could go to their competitor. But if there's no other
by tj-teej 8y ago
Why isn't the problem that Google has a monopoly on search?
IF (a big IF) Google was actually biased, you could go to their competitor. But if there's no other real competitor then IMO the solution isn't to regulate Google, but to fix root cause problems which led to there only being one company controlling all search (AKA breaking up monopolies)
- lovehashbrowns 8y agoWhy is something like Bing not a real competitor?
- Eridrus 8y agoThe issue here isn't that conservatives can't go somewhere else to get their news, the issue is that everyone involved in this debate wants to have their view of what people should read imposed on others. So while doing something to spread out eyeballs among various search engines would make this argument moot because there is no longer a single entity you can pressure, I think it misses the heart of why people complain about bias. Despite a wide variety of media outlets, conservatives regularly complain about liberal bias in the media - there's just no single entity they can pressure. Maybe that's for the best, but I think it's important to realise that this is not really a good faith argument.