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While seeing FB, Twitter, Google,etc. get hit by regulators & governments doesn't really bother me (because these monopolies should be getting attacked, not nec
by sebow 5y ago
While seeing FB, Twitter, Google,etc. get hit by regulators & governments doesn't really bother me (because these monopolies should be getting attacked, not necessarily for the fact that they're monopolies but because they behave in an anti-competitive, scummy way, to mention only one reason), what i do wonder is how exactly does this pave the way for new emerging platforms that are more secure, less censored and better designed than these ones.Especially when you consider the amount of regulations one has to "obey" when launching a new platform.
While it's certainly easy to cite few companies that have better ethics than these major corporations, the attacks of EU&US regulators&politicians feel like it's just both a money-grab and also political talk in order to restore "trust in institutions"(Which is down-trending in EU since 2015 for example) while degrading the influence of these platforms (which again, it's not a bad thing, just an over-looked fact).