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Re:Google hid evidence by training workers to avoid words mo... by spywaregorilla on Thursday September 14, 2023 @04:56PM (#37514742)
It is not problematic to put people out of business by having a superior product. It is problematic to abuse the fact that you have more money, connections, lawyers, political power, market control, customer interaction control, etc.
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Re:Google hid evidence by training workers to avoid words mo... by GauntletWizard on Thursday September 14, 2023 @05:18PM (#37514983)
Absolutely, and the fact that our lawmakers cannot distinguish the two, and rely on fighting the last war with dumb heuristics based on phraseology is a real social problem.
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Re:Google hid evidence by training workers to avoid words mo... by spywaregorilla on Sunday September 17, 2023 @09:54AM (#37545086)
Most of the cases in question are absolutely about abusing platform economics.
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