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This dichotomy between academics and activists "who always want more antitrust" and people from tech who raise objections but are dismissed is absurd. Read the
by amadeuspagel 3y ago
This dichotomy between academics and activists "who always want more antitrust" and people from tech who raise objections but are dismissed is absurd. Read the HN threads on this issue[1].
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39778999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39778999
- multimoon 3y agoI partook in that discussion on the tech side and the divide was extreme. I think it boiled down to “can a company have a monopoly over a platform they’ve created if that platform itself isn’t a monopoly”. I won’t reiterate my argument or my viewpoint on that here since it’s already in that thread, but that was the takeaway I got.
- amadeuspagel 3y agoBut it's not a divide between academics and activists and people in tech.