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Charging is fair but the entire model of free service that turns into premium after a critical mass leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I'm not sure how you could

• zinekeller 5y ago
  > Charging is fair but the entire model of free service that turns into premium after a critical mass leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It was clear that Meet for individuals' limits were waived due to COVID-19. They have done an announcement about lifting the limits and even stated that it was originally slated to end at September 30 last year. I was a bit surprised they extended it though.
• tyingq 5y ago
  Predatory pricing is the usual term.
• viztor 5y ago
  In Google's defense, they aren't the market leader, that's zoom, they are the market challenger. So by definition, they can't be anti-competitive in the market of video conferencing tools, even though Google's otherwise enormous.
  • nicoburns 5y ago
    You can definitely be anti-competitive as a market challenger. Uber (with their subsidised fairs) would the obvious example of that.
    • viztor 5y ago
      If anything, Uber was competitive instead of anti-competitive. Anti-competitive by definition only applies to potential monopoly. see FTC: https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/anticompetitive-practices https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/anticompetitive-practices