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Why should the government of Canada be on Facebook's team instead of the Canadian Telecom's team?
by aprdm 3y ago
Why should the government of Canada be on Facebook's team instead of the Canadian Telecom's team?
- tomComb 3y agoIt shouldn’t be on either of those teams.
- lucasyvas 3y agoRare case that I'll support the parent of your post - I'd way rather a Canadian company get the upside than a US (foreign) one even if the Canadian ones are a bunch of assholes and an oligopoly. That's our problem to deal with. First keep the money here, then we'll argue how to redistribute it. News is a tricky subject. In theory there are more clicks but sometimes people don't visit the site at all so it's hard to say. If this was about diversifying communications providers I think I would side with you instead. It really depends what it is. I would prefer my domestic companies to be in the strongest position while also allowing outside players - so a mixture. But we are hopelessly on the back leg and need a boost when it comes to funding domestic media. The solution can't be to just outsource everything because there's no way to win against Meta and Google.