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Facebook isn’t really a participant in a free market they’ve been crushing competition for years

• recursive 6y ago
  Crushing competition is certainly a thing that can happen in a free market.
  • colejohnson66 6y ago
    Isn’t a free market the lack of any government regulation and leaving it up to the “Invisible Hand”? With that definition, monopolies are still “free market”. I guess it depends on your definition of “free market”?
    • recursive 6y ago
      That's my understanding.
    • wolco5 6y ago
      Companies with a monopoly often have them because of government regulation. Copyright being the best example of shutting out other players in the market. Pure markets are impossible in these environments