Re:“Google Is as Close to a Natural Monopoly as the Bell Sys...
by AlexandrB on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @04:56PM
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> Monopolies are problem ONLY IF their operations causes negative economic effects to consumers - typically by raising prices.
The more I think about it, the more it seems as thought we need to put a price tag on the data companies collect about users. Google may be raising prices all the time by tracking more and more data about you, but this is completely opaque because even though information is "the new oil" no one puts a real price tag on it.
The more I think about it, the more it seems as thought we need to put a price tag on the data companies collect about users. Google may be raising prices all the time by tracking more and more data about you, but this is completely opaque because even though information is "the new oil" no one puts a real price tag on it.