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Re:Americans Own Less Stuff, and That’s Reason to Be Nervous by apozem on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:08PM (#17759744)
That is absolutely the end goal of all these network-effect companies. Uber wants to be a monopoly on transportation, Google a monopoly on search, Spotify a monopoly on music consumption, etc.
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Re:Americans Own Less Stuff, and That’s Reason to Be Nervous by downrightmike on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:28PM (#17759946)
*Google a monopoly on advertising
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Re:Americans Own Less Stuff, and That’s Reason to Be Nervous by colecut on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @02:00PM (#17760284)
FB blows it out of the water for audience/demographic targeting
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Re:Americans Own Less Stuff, and That’s Reason to Be Nervous by apozem on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @07:26PM (#17762749)
I'd say they have it well split with Facebook at the moment, but yeah, a duopoly isn't much better.
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