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how is this not anti-competetive behavior? it basically means small businesses have no chance, absolutely no chance at all, to advertise on the platforms
by bedobi 5y ago
how is this not anti-competetive behavior? it basically means small businesses have no chance, absolutely no chance at all, to advertise on the platforms
- namdnay 5y agoYou go through the agencies that have bought in bulk. In the same way that you don’t go to a Black&Decker office to buy a drill, you get it from one of their distributors, who buy in bulk
- distances 5y agoThat's not what anticompetitive means. Being priced out is not an unfair disadvantage. Not all companies can afford TV or Superbowl ads either.
- na85 5y agoThere's no blanket ban on "anti competitive behavior", and similarly no rule that says small businesses are owed a leg up. The FTC breaks down anti competition regulation into monopoly-related conduct, which this is obviously not because telegram is a complete non-factor in the messaging space, and horizontal conduct, which this is not because telegram has no near-peer companies with whom they agree not to compete.