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Nice circular reasoning you got there. How do they have market power? Did they get it for free?

• darkwater 6mo ago
  No, they got it by Gmail being a loss leader paid by Google AdSense in the search engine. Now they have AdSense in Gmail directly, so I guess it pays for itself.
  • unmole 6mo ago
    So, Google built a superior product that is profitable and we are supposed to be mad about this?
    • darkwater 6mo ago
      No, we should be mad at Google or any other BigTech taking over a big enough chunk of a federated system to basically dictate what can be sent/received and what not. With no human in the loop if you don't agree with their decisions.
    • throwaway173738 6mo ago
      AT&T was once broken up and then after that you could connect a modem to a phone line. The whole public use of the Internet is a consequence of breaking up a “superior product” that became a bloated market incumbent resting on its laurels.
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