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Competitors have a hard time getting off the ground because the dominant player is promoting its own products. Classic monopoly. Competition won't be good if no
by eggsnbacon1 6y ago
Competitors have a hard time getting off the ground because the dominant player is promoting its own products. Classic monopoly. Competition won't be good if nobody uses them.
Google maps might be a good example, MapQuest and Terraserver used to be better for navigation and satellite photos. Did they fail because of business reasons or self promotion? Hard to know, but Google pulled the same shit as MS got antitrust for. Bundling their own maps app pre-installed on their dominant mobile OS
- acituan 6y ago> ...promoting its own products. Classic monopoly How is promoting equivalent to classic monopoly? They are not removing competitors from search results. They are ranking based on relevance and apparently users are happy with their own widgets coming up on top.
- dbuder 6y ago>>They are ranking based on relevance But they aren't! That's what we are talking about! They're putting themselves at the top.
- eggsnbacon1 6y agothey're promoting their own products when they have over 80% of search eyeballs