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A de facto monopoly means one that is, for all intents and purposes, a monopoly - despite the existence of alternatives. Is anyone going to read your content o
by downandout 6y ago
A de facto monopoly means one that is, for all intents and purposes, a monopoly - despite the existence of alternatives. Is anyone going to read your content on any of the services you mentioned?
- dleslie 6y agoPlenty of people use Parler, Facebook, Mastodon and Gab. Seems quite American to me to be supporting a marketplace of alternatives.
- downandout 6y agoFacebook is in a different category. Are you really arguing that Parler, Mastodon, and Gab have userbases that are on par with Twitter? How exactly are you defining “plenty”?
- dleslie 6y agoThere are alternatives with appreciable communities and free and open access. Use them if you don't like Twitter's policies, and don't for a second think that freedom of speech entitles you access to a private platform. Freedom of Speech has never been a guarantee of platform access or forced association.