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>“Consumers depend on us to make sure that competition is fair and open, and it’s my responsibility to make that happen. Really? Then why not go after banks, e
by josu 12y ago
>“Consumers depend on us to make sure that competition is fair and open, and it’s my responsibility to make that happen.
Really? Then why not go after banks, energy companies, telecom giants...?
As a consumer I have the choice to choose to trust google when I search for a product, however I have only two choices when I choose my ISP, or no option at all to choose my electricity provider.
Consumers don't depend on "them" to have fair and open competition, it's the companies that depend on the governments to have unfair or nonexistent competiton.
- Lewton 12y agoWhere do you live?
- thescrewdriver 12y ago> Really? Then why not go after banks, energy companies, telecom giants...? Banks: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-07-01/europe-banks-in-u-s-scrutiny-as-bnp-pays-8-97-billion http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-07-01/europe-ban... http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1208_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1208_en.htm Energy companies: http://en.mercopress.com/2008/10/01/europe-fines-nine-oil-companies-for-the-paraffin-mafia http://en.mercopress.com/2008/10/01/europe-fines-nine-oil-co... Telecoms giants (incl. Deutsche Telekom): http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-39_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-39_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-1140_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-1140_en.htm It seems that the standard response to the EU probing Google is to say it's unfair and "what about European companies" without actually doing any research into the matter.
- tormeh 12y agoAgreed. It's basically an unrelenting torrent of dumb streaming down the internet pipes. Thanks for refuting. Someone's got to do it.
- eternalban 12y agoDo you expect the EU to openly state that this is political and entirely about who gets to curate the information available?
- thescrewdriver 12y agoCare to substantiate the accusations you're making so matter-of-factly?
- eternalban 12y agoIt is not an accusation. It is a point of view that computes on my end. This forum is becoming entirely useless as a venue for 'discussion'.
- makeitsuckless 12y agoWhere do you live? Because inside the EU, we already "went after" telcos, banks and energy companies, which is why as a consumer in the Netherlands I have plenty of choice on all fronts you mentioned. Granted, not all countries have moved as fast when it comes to implementing, but over here there's a whole generation that doesn't even remember the time when we only had one telco and one electricity provider.