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I think the general theory is that if we allow them to continue getting bigger and swallowing up all potential competitors, we’re basically saying these four or
by chadmhorner 8y ago
I think the general theory is that if we allow them to continue getting bigger and swallowing up all potential competitors, we’re basically saying these four or five companies will run everything, forever.
- sct202 8y agoAlso they've been hoovering up all the talent available they can get with fat salaries and stock grants.
- treis 8y agoI think that wildly overstates the influence these companies have. Amazon is trivial to avoid. Just don't shop there or at Whole Foods. Facebook is a bit trickier because you might be forced there by a social group and they have a huge web of trackers. Google is really the issue. They are dominant in search, browser, and maps, and they're half the mobile duopoly. It's very difficult to avoid using their products entirely and even if you did, their dominance allows them to dictate how the internet works, to a certain extent.
- monetus 8y agoAvoiding Amazon would also mean avoiding all aws services, not letting your data hit their infrastructure.
- thr_w 8y agoNot a huge disagreement here, but I think Facebook is completely trivial to avoid, while Amazon is much less so. I couldn't care less about Facebook. Yet, while I certainly could live without Amazon (or Whole Foods), their service is very nice and WF has things I can't buy at other grocery stores around me.
- 908087 8y agoGood luck avoiding having your data collected by facebook via third parties, and good luck avoiding the effects it has on the society you live in.