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And what about Alphabet?
by coding123 7y ago
And what about Alphabet?
- liability 7y agoAll of these companies (Amazon, Alphabet/Google, Facebook, etc) are very fortunate that the others exist because every single goddamn time anybody criticizes one, somebody will try to derail the discussion with "well what about [one of the others]?" They all suck. Stop trying to use one to justify another.
- jklinger410 7y ago>somebody will try to derail the discussion Pointing out competitors to a supposed monopoly is not derailing the conversation. It is the conversation.
- whatshisface 7y agoAmazon is probably not a monopoly in the advertising market, but Alphabet doesn't run an online store.
- jklinger410 7y agohttps://shopping.google.com https://shopping.google.com
- coding123 7y agoHow about we meta-compare instead: http://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share http://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/12/amazon-to-take-almost-50-percent-of-us-e-commerce-market-by-years-end.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/12/amazon-to-take-almost-50-per... And that's e-commerce, if you add in offline shopping: https://www.thebalancesmb.com/compare-brick-and-mortar-stores-vs-online-retail-sites-4571050 https://www.thebalancesmb.com/compare-brick-and-mortar-store... So yes, Google has a much larger market share of "search" than Amazon has a market share of "commerce".
- Dylan16807 7y agoSo you agree that you're not pointing out a competitor. You're just naming another company that does bad things, serving no purpose except distraction.
- coding123 7y agoPerhaps at this point Microsoft should sue the US government to get their money back because of the frivolous anti-monopoly lawsuit it used against them, in the face of evidence FAANG. (I'm being sarcastic here, and sadly suggesting MS would have a case)
- losteric 7y agoYes, what about Alphabet? Why is this mention relevant to the topic of whether Amazon is a monopoly?