Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization
by jzoch on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @08:12PM
(#25368192)
Andrew Carnegie provided far more real, unquestionable value to people too. It ended up being worth it. The same can be said for Leland Stanford or most other monopolies. They didn't become monopolies by not providing value.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization
by will_pseudonym on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @08:59PM
(#25368612)
> Andrew Carnegie provided far more real, unquestionable value to people too. It ended up being worth it. The same can be said for Leland Stanford or most other monopolies. They didn't become monopolies by not providing value.
Absolutely. The same could also be said of the closest parallel of Facebook in history, the Bell System.