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As the article touches on, we spend the time because people want to address companies like Facebook, which are not obviously monopolies in the normal legal sens
by SpicyLemonZest 3y ago
As the article touches on, we spend the time because people want to address companies like Facebook, which are not obviously monopolies in the normal legal sense. They don't overcharge users, they have strong competitors, etc. But they're still a huge tech company with outsized influence on both society and software development industry.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoI’d argue they are a monopoly in the traditonal sense too. They control the whole stack like standard oil. They probably do overcharge their actual users/customers (the advertisers, not you, the product they sell access to). The more you read about places like standard oil the more they reflect these modern companies.