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Re:Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge ... by CPLX on Thursday April 17, 2025 @01:09PM (#43719619)
The reason monopolies are illegal is precisely because they force people to be completely dependent on a third party.

Is a farmer "a failure who shouldn't have a business" if some asshole buys up every single railroad, port, and truck in the country he lives in?

Re:Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge ... by carlosjobim on Thursday April 17, 2025 @04:08PM (#43721625)
No, but if he makes himself for example completely dependent on Monsanto, he shouldn't have a business, because he's in practice an employee with all the financial responsibilities of a business and none of the benefits of having a business. And none of the benefits of being an employee either.

If your business model is to make yourself completely dependent on a single third party, then you shouldn't have a business.

Re:Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge ... by CPLX on Friday April 18, 2025 @12:08AM (#43724921)
The only way it would be possible for him to become completely dependent on Monsanto is if that company is allowed to monopolize the product categories it sells.