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> Can’t both practices be wrong? and an abuse of their market position? Sure. But my point is that no one is railing Kroger for putting their cheap pasta above
by akersten 7y ago
> Can’t both practices be wrong? and an abuse of their market position?
Sure. But my point is that no one is railing Kroger for putting their cheap pasta above the DeCecco. So it's hypocritical to call out tech companies for doing what physical retailers have been doing for ages.
If we're not mad about the pasta, we shouldn't be mad about Flickr being #2 on the search for "photos". And if we are mad about Google Photos being #1, why aren't we mad about the pasta?
- d2wa 7y agoI’m mad about the pasta too. Price gouging is usually regulated internationally, though. E.g. groceries in India are labeled with a maximum retail price set by the manufacturer to avoid problems like this.
- mthoms 7y agoYour analogy is flawed. Google's value proposition is to provide the most useful/accurate results for your query. Period. That's Google search's "raison d'etre". Kroger makes no such (equivalent) claim.