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Re:The data economy demands a new approach to antitrust rules by tomcam on Sunday October 29, 2017 @02:40PM (#15580624)
Who forces us to use Facebook and Google? Am no fan of either company to say the least, but no one I know is compelled to use them.
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Re:The data economy demands a new approach to antitrust rules by sharemywin on Monday October 30, 2017 @08:57AM (#15584641)
you have bundling issues try getting rid of youtube, if you like android. Also, monopolies usually increase prices which in this case are the advertising costs that are passed onto the consumer via more ads/ad space on google/facebook and higher ecommerce prices.
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