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>Among their recommendations is preventing tech platforms from vertically integrating into different lines of business, where they can potentially favor their o
by komali2 8y ago
>Among their recommendations is preventing tech platforms from vertically integrating into different lines of business, where they can potentially favor their own services and harm rivals. In this view, Facebook shouldn’t be allowed to own Instagram.
Weird, I would argue that Facebook buying Instagram was a horizontal integration.
Amazon buying cloudflare is more something I'd think is vertical but it's possible I just don't understand the terms.
- chasd00 8y agothe issue is you didn't directly attack Facebook and therefore are in violation of the groupthink de jour.
- dang 8y agoPlease don't post unsubstantive comments like this to Hacker News. Even if you have a good point, it damages the quality of the thread.
- salawat 8y agoI don't know why you arr being downvotes, but your understanding is consistent with mine. Although I still think the Instagram acquisition was at some level also vertical since one could argue Instagram was a more efficient delivery conduit for a certain subset of the population, and what Facebook was really out for was to pad their datasets.