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Re:Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy by chmod775 on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @11:20AM (#4938136)
The very definition of monopoly is that there is no alternative. I can't just go to another company because they, for instance, do not have the people I'd like to connect with in their network.
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Re:Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy by marknutter on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @11:32AM (#4938201)
You can choose not to social network if Facebook is the only social network. That is clearly an "alternative".
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Re:Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy by chmod775 on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @05:22PM (#4939931)
So monopolies don't exist and are a lie made up by economists because I can always choose not to consume at all?

Sorry, but this is getting ridiculous.

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