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I don't disagree there are some instances of this in other areas, but in the case of links to news websites I don't think there's a meaningful argument against
by natdempk 3y ago
I don't disagree there are some instances of this in other areas, but in the case of links to news websites I don't think there's a meaningful argument against customers choosing which URL to visit as it relates to competition.
- riku_iki 3y agofb+google have monopoly on links discovery, customers can't open news URL unless visit google or fb and watch all their ads and give them data.
- DocTomoe 3y agoHuh? What does prevent Joe User from typing in https://www.nytimes.com https://www.nytimes.com?
- riku_iki 3y agofiguring out exact "nytimes.com" address without using google, unless he has all 100M web sites in his memory somehow.
- DocTomoe 3y agoBuy a newspaper - the URL is right up there in the masthead. Alternatively there is guessing the domain, which is how we found our stuff back in the day.
- riku_iki 3y agosure, you can even have friends, and exchange paper letters talking about news, but 95% people use google, and that's why it is called monopoly.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoFortunately, these days if you guess wrong, the browser will just open you results of Google search for the string you just typed in (what used to be) the address bar.
- johnbellone 3y agoThe problem is with discoverability, i.e., knowing that you want to type "nytimes.com" instead of "theonion.com", or even "amazon.com". Most people start at a search engine with keywords because that's how we've trained them for the past 25 years.
- vkou 3y agoThat's bad behaviour against users, not bad behaviour against newspapers.
- riku_iki 3y agoFor newspapers, datapoint would be to check how many users click on URL after reading title + citation at google or fb.