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Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by skywhopper on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:11AM (#15585522)
Once companies gain enough monopolistic control and power over their customers/users/market, they essentially function as government entities, and should be restricted and regulated as we would restrict and regulate the government.
Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by gnaritas on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:22AM (#15585631)
None of these companies have a monopoly, and even if they did monopolies should only be regulated when they sell things we must have to live. Monopolies for luxury things are not a problem. Access to google and facebook are not essential things you need.
Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by ivm on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:26AM (#15585663)
Access to information is not a luxury.

Google and Facebook appropriated the natural course of the evolution of information exchange between humans and should be regulated.

Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by gnaritas on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:28AM (#15585684)
You don't need access to Google and Facebook to access information, there is an entire giant network out there for sharing information beyond Google and Facebook; there is zero valid reason to regulate these companies.
Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by ivm on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:33AM (#15585739)
Except they try to keep users out of these networks and inside their platforms while having an absolute market share.

Every monopoly should be regulated and, preferably, broke up.

Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by gnaritas on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:38AM (#15585799)
> Every monopoly should be regulated and, preferably, broke up.

No, they shouldn't be and the law doesn't agree with you. You have to be a bad actor before such laws apply, you shouldn't be broken up merely because no one else can compete.

Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by ivm on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:49AM (#15585907)
> You have to be a bad actor

It's just a matter of time – their bad acting grows and it has become more visible already.

Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by gnaritas on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:50AM (#15585913)
Ah the slippery slope, so basically you have no real argument then. We should punish them because they might do something wrong in the future, got it.