Re:Google and Facebook execs allegedly approved dividing ad ...
by echelon on Saturday January 15, 2022 @09:58AM
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> Google's dominance of the ad market
It isn't just dominance. I certainly don't love advertisers, but this is illegal monopolistic price setting. This should be ample evidence for the DOJ to sternly penalize (or break up) Google and Facebook.
Google controls too much surface area on the web and mobile, and they're using it in harmful ways. They've been caught colluding, price setting, and wage fixing on multiple occasions. They're using their disproportionate power to alter the entire market to fit their needs.
How is this any different from Ma Bell? And given the pervasiveness of technology now versus back then, how is it not worse?
It isn't just dominance. I certainly don't love advertisers, but this is illegal monopolistic price setting. This should be ample evidence for the DOJ to sternly penalize (or break up) Google and Facebook.
Google controls too much surface area on the web and mobile, and they're using it in harmful ways. They've been caught colluding, price setting, and wage fixing on multiple occasions. They're using their disproportionate power to alter the entire market to fit their needs.
How is this any different from Ma Bell? And given the pervasiveness of technology now versus back then, how is it not worse?