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You’re talking about government-granted monopolies, like your electric company example. YouTube is merely limited in its ability to use its pricing power to squ
by didgeoridoo 6y ago
You’re talking about government-granted monopolies, like your electric company example. YouTube is merely limited in its ability to use its pricing power to squeeze its customers without attracting regulatory attention.
And we aren’t the customer — the advertisers are. I don’t think they’re bothered one bit by all this.
- vl 6y agoYouTube became possible because Google funneled billions of dollars from other divisions for many years until competition was completely napalmed out and finally it became profitable. No other company or private investors can do this kind of investment for so many years. Google should be split up.