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I think that some other example is needed to explain "As a consumer, I love it. So much easier." Please watch this, it is about not well known company called L

by stiray 5y ago

I think that some other example is needed to explain "As a consumer, I love it. So much easier." Please watch this, it is about not well known company called Luxottica that holds majority of world market for eyewear. There is a good posibilty that if you have sun glasses, they made them. It is not something technical, just simple merchandise, simple to understand: https://youtu.be/yvTWjWVY9Vo https://youtu.be/yvTWjWVY9Vo Since the video came out, they have also bought (actually "merged") one of the largest companies creating perscription lenses. Now, do you like what you see? Is it "so easy" and "good" for the customers? Do you love it? How is their status impacting you wanting to buy eyewear? Same is with google, amazon, microsoft, just name it. But yes, until they get a vast majority of market, they will not start to milk the users. As they want majority of market first.

Dah00n 5y ago
"99% believe they buy an American brand!" she says with horror in her voice. That i so.... American. While a monopoly is bad this is a very poor source to use to prove a point, even though they do admittedly have a point (like the broken clock being correct twice a day). The problem has absolutely nothing to do with it being an Italian company but that is of course a big point in any 60 Minutes video (US good, others bad) and I highly doubt it would have been made had it been Walmart instead of Luxottica. But to comment on-topic: I believe Google and/or search engines should be put under the same rules and laws as the EU did with Microsoft. Search engine is searchengine, not search/travelplanner/hotel finder/translator/whatever. It strangles competition and innovation. Google should include those other things from other services if another service will sell the service to Google or keep clear. Edit: In short, as the EU is already working on, Google and the likes that are gatekeepers, needs to be stopped or broken up.

by stiray 5y ago

Dah00n 5y ago

"99% believe they buy an American brand!" she says with horror in her voice. That i so.... American. While a monopoly is bad this is a very poor source to use to prove a point, even though they do admittedly have a point (like the broken clock being correct twice a day). The problem has absolutely nothing to do with it being an Italian company but that is of course a big point in any 60 Minutes video (US good, others bad) and I highly doubt it would have been made had it been Walmart instead of Luxottica. But to comment on-topic: I believe Google and/or search engines should be put under the same rules and laws as the EU did with Microsoft. Search engine is searchengine, not search/travelplanner/hotel finder/translator/whatever. It strangles competition and innovation. Google should include those other things from other services if another service will sell the service to Google or keep clear. Edit: In short, as the EU is already working on, Google and the likes that are gatekeepers, needs to be stopped or broken up.