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Re:Google and Facebook are monopolies. Does it matter? [audio] by mcrad on Thursday November 15, 2018 @05:53PM (#18464242)
You mean, fb/google have monopolistic power over the advertisers and since advertisers are generally not our friends, then go for it, let them pay up?
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Re:Google and Facebook are monopolies. Does it matter? [audio] by dllthomas on Thursday November 15, 2018 @06:34PM (#18464536)
I think what's being got at is "the power over the users is also concerning, and not something we can get at directly with these laws."
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Re:Google and Facebook are monopolies. Does it matter? [audio] by benj111 on Friday November 16, 2018 @03:46AM (#18467446)
Yes that's what I meant.
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