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>And Zuck asking for weak regulation is such an obvious ploy to stave off stronger action like a breakup that would threaten dominance. Regulation can often he
by ThrustVectoring 7y ago
>And Zuck asking for weak regulation is such an obvious ploy to stave off stronger action like a breakup that would threaten dominance.
Regulation can often help incumbent businesses by raising the barrier to entry for competition, which allows higher monopoly rents.
- mindgam3 7y agoFair point. Also I just LOLed after reading the NYT editorial board reaction to this piece - apparently we disagree on whether any punches were pulled. The first line: “Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, pulls no punches in his essay for The Times Privacy Project...” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/opinion/chris-hughes-facebook.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/opinion/chris-hughes-face...