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What should HN readers do that are forced to work within these ecosystems? Ex. Work, school. It’s not always so easy to walk away from an entire platform. Peop
by cmilton 3y ago
What should HN readers do that are forced to work within these ecosystems? Ex. Work, school.
It’s not always so easy to walk away from an entire platform. People’s entire livelihoods could be based around Google.
I don’t see any issue with Google owning some of this responsibility.
- nequo 3y agoGoogle is a monopolist that acts like a monopolist. Its main revenue source is advertising. So it will use its monopoly power to secure advertising. You cannot expect Google to act against its own self-interest only because you ask nicely. You have to stop giving them the market power to do it.
- cmilton 3y agoHave they won the game of capitalism by becoming a monopoly? I don’t expect Google to act against its own will, but they should.
- nequo 3y agoI don’t know if they won the game of capitalism but their market power and profit incentive are facts. If you don’t want to stop using Chrome, then your alternative is to buy a controlling share of Alphabet and appoint a Board that forgoes advertising revenue in exchange for being nice to adblock users.
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- lukas099 3y agoI don't think they were talking about people who are forced to use chrome.
- mcpackieh 3y agoYes, the worst are the techies who should know better but insist on using chrome because "it feels slightly faster, therefore I have no choice but to use it." Such people pretending to be victims is complete nonsense.