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Crucially, I went to Googles business first to look for things. In the olden days, if I went to AAA for travel advice, I'd get their partners and such recommen

by count 5y ago

Crucially, I went to Googles business first to look for things. In the olden days, if I went to AAA for travel advice, I'd get their partners and such recommended, not generic all-encompassing information. But I went to AAA for it. I don' see how this is any different. I can chose to go to not-google and Google then doesn't impact me. Does Walmart have to put anybody's stuff where they want in the aisles?

ganzuul 5y ago
> Does Walmart have to put anybody's stuff where they want in the aisles? That could be an incredible boon to the ecoconomy. As a younger man I gave up on the idea of making simple consumer products on realizing that the large supermarket chains around here could dash my work on the rocks by just a middle manager arbitrarily saying 'no' to stocking what I had made. So yes, I think those companies should be forced to work with local businesses.
- count 5y ago
  Should you be forced to put my stuff in your house? These are private companies, where does that force end?
  - ganzuul 5y ago
    I don't like arguing with hyperboles like that. Please suggest something reasonable, which I even could agree to.
    - count 5y ago
      Why is that hyperbole? Is a store not a private place?
      - ganzuul 5y ago
        > Should you be forced to put my stuff in your house? This is a hyperbole because a private home is completely different from what we are discussing. This should be obvious.
        count 5y ago
        Please, draw the line that makes it different.
        ganzuul 5y ago
        These are open sets, not closed sets, like almost everything in the real world.
- Mauricebranagh 5y ago
  No you have to bribe them :-)