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Your equivalent is, imho, incorrect. See it that way, when does predatory begins? As a matter of Fact Google Maps is already the biggest on the market with a p
by victork2 15y ago
Your equivalent is, imho, incorrect.
See it that way, when does predatory begins? As a matter of Fact Google Maps is already the biggest on the market with a price next to 0 for users. If we would compare it to something in real life it would: "Somebody has given to a group of people a serious death threat". Then in that case you'd need a punishment.
Anyway, I read some of the comments on this story and I believe take attacks on websites and companies as personal offense. Nothing could be far from reality. A society has to maintain a balance and competition is GOOD. Allowing Google to phagocyte the whole Maps business is not beneficial at all for society as a whole. Actually it's quite bad, even for users.
The French government is not racist, they don't want to attack or kill Google, they want a favorable ecosystem for innovation and fair competition. Google is a big business that can use its other services to temporarily dump prices on one of its product to totally wipe out competition, there need to be safeguards!
- robk 15y agoFrance is well known for being protectionist however, when it's a foreign firm competing with local firms regardless of the terms. I expect protectionism like this is probably timed around the upcoming election, which will feature several candidates who are anti-globalization and/or protectionist. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/business/global/19inside.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/business/global/19inside.h... http://www.windpowermonthly.com/news/1080479/Tender-will-favour-French-firms/ http://www.windpowermonthly.com/news/1080479/Tender-will-fav...
- Tichy 15y agoBy that logic, anybody who invents something new that puts other people out of their jobs is also threatening them with death. Also I don't like that logic of "they are the biggest player, so they must be guilty".