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A comment on The Case Against Google (2018).

Re:The Case Against Google (2018) by astuary on Sunday March 10, 2019 @11:52AM (#19352457)
The scrutiny of Google is warranted, but misdirected. Remember that advertisers are are Google's customers, not individual search users. If drawing an analogy between Standard Oil and Google, the question to answer is: are advertisers being harmed as a result of a Google-Facebook duopoly? I don't have the expertise to investigate this question, but I'd love to hear from someone who does.

(disclaimer: ex-googler)

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Re:The Case Against Google (2018) by ocdtrekkie on Sunday March 10, 2019 @12:05PM (#19352517)
If we shouldn't get consideration in antitrust discussions because we're the not the customer, we're the product being sold, perhaps adtech needs regulations akin to animal cruelty laws. It's okay to slaughter us, you just can't be unnecessarily cruel while doing so...
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Re:The Case Against Google (2018) by FutureSpec on Sunday March 10, 2019 @01:44PM (#19353138)
Not a great analogy -- animal cruelty laws are far too lenient. For example, they exempt farm animals. In fact, there are laws against things that would reveal abuse of such animals - https://www.aspca.org/animal-protection/public-policy/what-a...
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