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Google is too big, Facebook is too big, let's bring back Altavista and MySpace. I wonder why users left Altavista and MySpace in the first place? Maybe because
by mrkramer 5y ago
Google is too big, Facebook is too big, let's bring back Altavista and MySpace. I wonder why users left Altavista and MySpace in the first place? Maybe because Google and Facebook were better way better.
- nabla9 5y agoYou misunderstand what this is about. 1. Having monopoly power is not illegal. 2. Misusing monopoly power is illegal. Google and Facebook are allowed to dominate the market if they don't misuse their market power.
- mrkramer 5y agoI didn't misunderstand it. They are arguing that Google and Facebook are misusing monopoly power like you said but how exactly? It's not Google's fault that nobody can come up with better search engine. Go use Bing and Yahoo if you like it more than Google. I know barrier to enter and compete with Google is sky high but is anybody even trying? What about Facebook is fishy? You have plenty of competitors in the social networking industry like Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Telegram, Signal etc. My point is consumers like Google and Facebook and they are not destroying competition because competitors exist.
- nabla9 5y ago> are not destroying competition because competitors exist. This is absolutist fallacy.