5 ms·
The best remedy for these tech giants is to force the use of open standards or to allow integration with other products on their platforms and products without
by throwaway13337 7y ago
The best remedy for these tech giants is to force the use of open standards or to allow integration with other products on their platforms and products without profit sharing (e.g. 30% take) or any other share-cropper tactics.
Their big unfair advantage comes from the network effect of consumers using their products and the closed access to those customers.
Open integration benefits everyone except those with the monopolies.
- sixothree 7y agoOr separate their products. Imagine if Google Maps had to compete as its own company.
- criddell 7y agoIt would probably do quite well with Google Search being it's main customer.
- munk-a 7y agoGoogle News might be a more compelling example - how would that ever hold up against the rest of the internet.
- yoavm 7y agoSorry for not getting it but what exactly do you imagine happening? (My initial thought was "more ads?")
- quest88 7y agoHuh, I've always wondered why someone doesn't start a company with these open integrations. If it benefits everyone, then people will migrate to this new company, right? Instant success?
- Forge36 7y agoIf it benefits everyone, that includes your competitors.
- r00fus 7y agoIf proprietary implementations have a strong business benefit, a company with only open standards (esp if there is some promise to customers) would be unilaterally disarming. The only way we move forward is if a) open standards have a business advantage or b) all players are forced through regulation to use open standards.
- cm2187 7y agoYou are still at the mercy of google cancelling your business on a whim
- pdonis 7y ago> The best remedy for these tech giants is to force the use of open standards The best remedy for these tech giants would be to kill the ad-supported business model. The reason users get treated like second-class citizens by the tech giants is that they are second-class citizens; they aren't the customers. Unfortunately, you can't kill ad-supported businesses with regulation. Only users can kill them, by refusing to let their eyeballs be used as a free resource.
- joe_the_user 7y agoSure, kill the largest engine of profit of the last fifty years. We'll replace it with all the money the nytimes makes on it's paywall.
- pdonis 7y ago> kill the largest engine of profit of the last fifty years Whose profit? And is it worth the cost?
- gowld 7y agoWhat's wrong with the RAND model? Why should platforms be forced to provide free access? What pays for building the platforms? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminatory_licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminat...