The comparison to the CCP does seem like an unnecessary stretch. Yelp’s new feature is bad enough on its own. The comparison to the CCP gilds the lily.
Very different from talking about restaurants or stores where you have geographic control, which is a far more odious form of monopoly (competition is restricted because the customers cannot reach competitors). Very different from talking about how Yelp owns the underlying infrastructure (roads, the web, etc.) that makes their business possible.
I forgot I was speaking with conservative trash.
the free market is perfect except when they get called on being trashy racists. Then it’s a big problem!
If you don't want to be banned on HN, you're welcome to email [email protected] and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future.
Also I didn’t see where anyone in the article said they were removing listings.
Trash people don’t want to be called trash by people who they treat like trash.
A false accusation can essentially shutdown a lifetime's worth of work into a business. That's not right and that should be illegal
What’s the issue here? Don’t see how comparing a business to the ccp government is comparable in the slightest.
On edit, its clear the author has an axe to grind.
Trash article by trash people.