Your App Is Not Better than an Open Protocol

Re:Your App Is Not Better than an Open Protocol by amelius on Thursday February 19, 2015 @12:37PM (#9075416)

But think about it... Suddenly every company can have Search Ad Services as good as Google's.

Also, if you don't like what company X is doing, you just need to find N qualified people, and you can start your own X.

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Re:Your App Is Not Better than an Open Protocol by jackmaney on Thursday February 19, 2015 @12:43PM (#9075466)

That's assuming that Search Ad Services by Google will have--or will be allowed to have--clients other than Google. And that, of course, is the entire point: to split a company up into what are technically smaller companies that, in effect, are just part of the head company.

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Re:Your App Is Not Better than an Open Protocol by amelius on Thursday February 19, 2015 @01:59PM (#9076077)

Of course a company cannot be selective about its customers in a way that is anti competitive.

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Re:Your App Is Not Better than an Open Protocol by jackmaney on Thursday February 19, 2015 @04:39PM (#9077268)

Ummm...yes. Yes, they can.

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