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Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but I think anti-trust in the age of tech and free services needs to be tweaked a little. Sure, Facebook can buy any compan
by aNoob7000 7y ago
Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but I think anti-trust in the age of tech and free services needs to be tweaked a little.
Sure, Facebook can buy any company they like, but if it presents a danger to its core business like Instagram did, then the sale should not be allowed.
Maybe Instagram wouldn't have survived without being acquired by Facebook, but let the market decide.
- outside1234 7y agoThis is why in the EU it is anti-competitive behavior that is targeted, not anti-trust.
- asr 7y agoActually the US and the EU both target anticompetitive behavior. The US law is older and so is call antitrust for historical reasons, not because of a legal difference.