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Meta is only rolling this out in Europe. This does nothing to shake their alarming monopolies in places like India.
by smt88 11mo ago
Meta is only rolling this out in Europe. This does nothing to shake their alarming monopolies in places like India.
- moralestapia 11mo agoI see no reason why none of all those extremely talented developers that America desperately needs can't come up with a messaging service of their own.
- _dky 11mo agoI guess it is more about captured user base than the technology. What other differentiating factors can you implement that can steer the masses from one messaging platform to the other. I cannot think of any.
- j_maffe 11mo agoThey can and they have. It's the lock-in Meta is imposing that's preventing new options to succeed in the market.
- moralestapia 11mo agoIf you have said this about Apple/Google, I would have said ... maaaaaayyybeeeeee ... But in this case, how exactly does Meta prevent people from India downloading and using another messaging app?
- j_maffe 11mo agoNothing. It's a monopoly in a market that is heavily network dependent. Without interoperability, it's infeasible for a new option to become viable. Though I'm sure you know this already and just believe that monopolies are alright for consumers.
- moralestapia 11mo agoWhat would you believe is a solution?
- smt88 11mo agoWhatsApp is the core of Indian society. It's used by the government, all businesses, and everyone with a smartphone. It's used for payments, customer service, scheduling doctor's appointments, etc. You literally cannot replace it with something else anymore.
- arlcode 11mo agoWell the Indian government can consider a law similar to the EU Digital Market Acts that enforces such behaviour.