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Yeah I am being snobby. Look at the root comment we are replying under. Insinuating that they could not say the word “monopoly” could not be said because it wa
by gretch 3y ago
Yeah I am being snobby. Look at the root comment we are replying under.
Insinuating that they could not say the word “monopoly” could not be said because it was a giant conspiracy to keep it hush. It’s cringe.
Same energy as “that’s exactly what a guilty person would say”. Turns out, “I didn’t do it” is also exactly what an innocent person would say.
- teaearlgraycold 3y agoMaybe I'm "cringe" sure. I don't think what I experienced was an admission of guilt. There's a lot of different ways a company can exploit its market position inappropriately. And bringing up a sensitive topic like monopolies can make people uncomfortable because it's related to other ideas - like anti-competitive behavior. I literally had a manager describe a tactic to me that would be illegal anti-competitive behavior. Granted, it was something well outside of his control so he's no risk to the free market. My hope was that by asking about the topic people could confidently describe why Google had no monopolies and wasn't exploiting anything. I didn't get that at all so I stopped.
- AlbertCory 3y agoThe real reason is that in Discovery your email would come out. It's not that it makes anyone uncomfortable. > I literally had a manager describe a tactic to me that would be illegal anti-competitive behavior But presumably that was in a face-to-face conversation, which would not be discovered. And "I don't recall" would be his answer if ever asked about it.