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Or people should stop using their product until they fix this.

dessant 4y ago
There isn't always a good alternative for a service that arbitrarily denied you access. Facebook Marketplace has replaced classifieds in many places, and being denied access to the service can negatively impact people's lives.
- stusmall 4y ago
  Craigslist is still thriving and is a very viable alternative.
  - dessant 4y ago
    Is Craigslist a universal service available around the world? I'm welcomed by this message when visiting the site: > Your request has been blocked. > If you have questions, please contact us.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
  Though I think that private companies can choose who they do business with, I also think that these companies are an exception. They are so huge they should probably be classified as a public utility of sorts. This is a tough pill to swallow for this site since it could possibly derail the tech gravy train.
  - staticassertion 4y ago
    Rather than regulate the company it feels like the more common solution is to force companies to split up any vertical integrations in order to reduce the barrier to compete with them.
  - cykros 4y ago
    Private companies SHOULD be able to choose who they do business with. They should also be subject to the rules everyone else is. As soon as they start getting preferential treatment through regulation, they should absolutely expect restrictions upon those rights as the cost of that preferential treatment. And of course, Section 230 provisions are absolutely preferential treatment.
namelessoracle 4y ago
their services are subsidized by other parts of the business / venture capital in a way that make normal market economics of "go to the competitor" not possible. This is a problem with most of mega tech right now. Nobody can spin up a fair competitor to Youtube because Google can throw money from other parts of the business to keep it dominant. How are you supposed to compete fairly with Amazon when they can reinforce with AWS money?

There isn't always a good alternative for a service that arbitrarily denied you access. Facebook Marketplace has replaced classifieds in many places, and being denied access to the service can negatively impact people's lives.

stusmall 4y ago
Craigslist is still thriving and is a very viable alternative.
- dessant 4y ago
  Is Craigslist a universal service available around the world? I'm welcomed by this message when visiting the site: > Your request has been blocked. > If you have questions, please contact us.
2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
Though I think that private companies can choose who they do business with, I also think that these companies are an exception. They are so huge they should probably be classified as a public utility of sorts. This is a tough pill to swallow for this site since it could possibly derail the tech gravy train.
- staticassertion 4y ago
  Rather than regulate the company it feels like the more common solution is to force companies to split up any vertical integrations in order to reduce the barrier to compete with them.
- cykros 4y ago
  Private companies SHOULD be able to choose who they do business with. They should also be subject to the rules everyone else is. As soon as they start getting preferential treatment through regulation, they should absolutely expect restrictions upon those rights as the cost of that preferential treatment. And of course, Section 230 provisions are absolutely preferential treatment.

namelessoracle 4y ago

their services are subsidized by other parts of the business / venture capital in a way that make normal market economics of "go to the competitor" not possible. This is a problem with most of mega tech right now. Nobody can spin up a fair competitor to Youtube because Google can throw money from other parts of the business to keep it dominant. How are you supposed to compete fairly with Amazon when they can reinforce with AWS money?