Re:Facebook accused of striking 'secret deals over user data'
by pjc50 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @04:28PM
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Cutting off API access is destroying value to preserve market power. Quite analogous to what Standard Oil did with their railways.
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Re:Facebook accused of striking 'secret deals over user data'
by digitaltrees on Thursday December 06, 2018 @08:13PM
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Great example. For posterity, You need to explain the standard oil example more. I don’t think many people know about the story of standard oil gaining a monopoly in oil through transportation.