Google and Microsoft have opaque and unpredictable ad moderation

Re:Google and Microsoft have opaque and unpredictable ad mod... by dkzlv on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @06:17AM (#27819298)

Google has 93% of searches in Europe and 88% in the US.

If such a company refuses their services to somebody who is compliant with every single of their publicly shared rule, it's an abuse of their power. And an anti-trust issue.

But I didn't offer to break them up. The real solution to this problem, I think, would be to create a transparent process for moderation. That is what the article is about.

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Re:Google and Microsoft have opaque and unpredictable ad mod... by jonnycomputer on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @09:11AM (#27820496)

Sure. I'm just expressing my own opinion, which is, break them up! Into 5-10 baby googles, 5-10 baby amazons, 5-10 baby facebooks.

Unfortunately, regulators get captured, and regulations often present barriers to entry. The process by which you might get a reprieve or compensation for your loss of business might still cost you your business, in legal fees, or in opportunity costs. Monopolies and oligopolies are the problem, and the solution is to break them up.

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