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Because they offered free service only to Facebook in developing countries (including Myanmar) using their FreeBASIC program[1], thereby establishing a defacto
by _Algernon_ 3y ago
Because they offered free service only to Facebook in developing countries (including Myanmar) using their FreeBASIC program[1], thereby establishing a defacto monopoly and building a anti-competetive moat against any competitors.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet.org
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThat would only be true if other companies couldn’t do that as well, like google did. And also, this hadn’t impeded TikTok’s ability to take market share away from Google when it became popular.