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To add onto what you’re saying, this is surely part of Google’s strategy: obfuscation through complexity. The anticompetitive schemes they engage in are so com
by materielle 2y ago
To add onto what you’re saying, this is surely part of Google’s strategy: obfuscation through complexity.
The anticompetitive schemes they engage in are so complicated and require so much background context that it’s basically impossible to explain to even subject matter experts, much less the casual reader.
- bbor 2y agoWell said, totally agree. While looking for the Project Bernanke slides I stumbled across this absolute classic internal guidance document, courtesy of the Texas DoJ: https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-11/417885.pdf https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-11/417885.pdf Don't define markets and estimate shares... For example, a field like advertising sweeps worldwide, and includes lots of different products and services. Defining a "market" more narrowly, or even defining one at all, can create issues if economists aren't involved. There's no problem with referring to a "market segment,'' "sector," "business/' etc., but just try and avoid defining the "market" for what we offer. Similarly, estimating "market share" is complicated, and it implies a defined market, so guessing or approximating isn't very reliable. Not to be trite, but it reminds me of 1984 more than a bit; If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.