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Targeted advertising is not the only or even main space in which global giants avoid taxes. So not sure why such a focus on FB and Google.
by topicseed 7y ago
Targeted advertising is not the only or even main space in which global giants avoid taxes. So not sure why such a focus on FB and Google.
- rafiki6 7y agoSelection bias. HN community tends towards disliking Google/FB, and will tend to show articles that target those kinds of tech giants. In all honesty, they do have monopolies and it seems that the same type of anti-trust enforcement that was used to help Apple/Google in the browser war against Microsoft just isn't there anymore. Now Google/FB really do have a monopoly on user data. I think properly regulating instead of just taxing is more useful.
- qmanjamz 7y agoIf you have to name more than one company, the companies you've named do not have a monopoly. They can at worst be a duopoly. However, with the existence of Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter, Snapchat, and others, Google/FB are not even really a duopoly. But you're right that HN is immensely biased against Google and Facebook. That's why you frequently see commenters like yourself make the patently ridiculous claim that they are a monopoly.
- llukas 7y ago> HN community tends towards disliking Google/FB HN community also understands better Google/FB business model and what actually happens with their data when fed into Google/FB.