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Re:Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for... by Swenrekcah on Monday March 11, 2019 @10:54PM (#19364946)
True, but all of these small-business/relatable analogies break down because fb is a monopoly. It would be unreasonable if a polite disagreement with one person excluded you from 90% of bars in your state/country.
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Re:Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for... by edmundsauto on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @01:13AM (#19365599)
It's more like getting kicked out of the most popular bar, where 90% of your friends go. Sure, there are other bars, but you want to go to the one with your friends.
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Re:Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for... by faceplanted on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @07:17AM (#19367032)
I'd say it's more like getting kicked out of a library for being a republican and therefore not being allowed to ever enter any library in the country again.
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Re:Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for... by edmundsauto on Thursday March 14, 2019 @09:43PM (#19395716)
How is facebook preventing you from using a different social network (another library)?
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Re:Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for... by faceplanted on Monday March 18, 2019 @10:13AM (#19421126)
The reason I used the library analogy is that at least where I live, library's are only run by the state.

And literally the whole point of this conversation is that Facebook has a monopoly on locally targeted online marketing, they're not stopping you from advertising on Myspace, what's stopping you from advertising on Myspace is that it's pointless.

Sure, technically Facebook doesn't have a 100% perfect, totally clean monopoly with literally no competitors, but that doesn't mean that them owning a significant majority of the targeted local advertising market isn't a monopoly problem and shouldn't therefor be legislated against.

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