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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by jikbd on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:05PM (#28788165)
> The reason we are here today is because Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram are 1 company. This should never have happened

That’s not Facebook’s fault.

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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by nobodyandproud on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:45PM (#28788822)
It is, though.

They deliberately bought or squashed anything that could compete in their space over the years.

This is anti-competitive behavior and it should have been stopped years ago.

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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by dresdenfire on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:42PM (#28791140)
Why is buying companies anti-competitive? Pretty much every big tech company does that. 95% of exits and funding in tech would not happen if getting bought by a big company was not possible.
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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by eigengrau5150 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @04:09PM (#28791446)
When companies buy other companies, they create consolidation in their respective markets. This isn't good for customers or for workers.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/eriksherman/2019/08/29/business...

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