Re:Sam Altman and Andrew Yang talk UBI
by danShumway on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @10:31AM
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Exactly. Whether or not you think that Facebook is a monopoly, none of the Democratic candidates (or at least, none of the candidates that are serious) are talking about making a bunch of Facebook clones.
They're talking about reversing mergers that many people claim were problematic (WhatsApp and Instagram). They're talking about forcing companies to give up the benefit of 1st-party access to the platforms they maintain.
That's a much more narrow, targeted change than saying, "let's just make another Facebook", which is what I see people interpreting it as.
They're talking about reversing mergers that many people claim were problematic (WhatsApp and Instagram). They're talking about forcing companies to give up the benefit of 1st-party access to the platforms they maintain.
That's a much more narrow, targeted change than saying, "let's just make another Facebook", which is what I see people interpreting it as.