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Google is a monopoly for what service? I don't use Google (directly) for search. I use Google for some email accounts and other providers for other email acco
by BLKNSLVR 6y ago
Google is a monopoly for what service? I don't use Google (directly) for search. I use Google for some email accounts and other providers for other email accounts. I use Firefox instead of Chrome. I use Android, mainly because it's far more open than ios, and it's possible to use a de-Googled Android (although the useful-ness is reduced). None of the above is related to news, however, which is what this particular discussion is centred around. I don't go anywhere near Google for news. I know Australia's media websites, and I use them directly, and attempt to focus on the more independent ones because they're less likely to be unduly influenced.
If you think Google is a monopoly, then how is Facebook not? Either in direct relation to this discussion of News or in relation to the greater internet?
- waheoo 6y agoYou're not serious? Antitrust is about optics, google is clearly monopolistic. Facebook is likely also but it's not perceived that way, Facebook has a lot of real alternatives, people use more than one social platform, whereas people only use one google, oops sorry, I mean search engine. https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/australia https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/au...
- BLKNSLVR 6y agoSo "Search" is your answer to my question. Fair enough.