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Re:Google and Facebook are monopolies. Does it matter? [audio] by sailfast on Thursday November 15, 2018 @11:52AM (#18460855)
"Datapoly"

For me, the reason they have such power in the marketplace is because they have the historical data on all these users. "Lock-in" can be overcome. Technical capabilities can be bettered by other companies, but when it comes to training sets, it's hard to start late...

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Re:Google and Facebook are monopolies. Does it matter? [audio] by sharemywin on Thursday November 15, 2018 @12:40PM (#18461381)
IT's also the interactions. Think "likes" and website visits. All of which is packaged up and sold to advertisers.
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Re:Google and Facebook are monopolies. Does it matter? [audio] by sailfast on Monday November 19, 2018 @11:07AM (#18487337)
Agreed - that fits squarely under my definition of "data". If you have ten years worth of behaviors before anyone realizes it's valuable, that's quite a lead.
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