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Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by thehappypm on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @09:15AM (#27675326)
"The issue with Facebook isn't that they own 100% of the ad market, but that they control 100% of the Facebook ad market, which is itself large enough to constitute monopoly concerns."

This is downright absurd -- you're a monopoly because your company has customers?

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Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by ethbr0 on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @08:06PM (#27683404)
You're a monopoly because you control access to a significant amount of customers.

So either you can not control access to as many customers by splitting your customer base. A la Ma Bell.

Or you can keep your privileged position and accept regulation. A la utilities.

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