Message from @Laucivol
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so one is a monopoly and the other isn't
Erm.. Myspace. >.<
Oh my god it’s mananimal
but they didn't interfere with myspace
I thought you were gone
myspace just couldn't compete
FB crushed Myspace and Livejournal
again, leave the thinking to others lol
exactly
but because they presented a better product
So to say that FB didn't have competition is dishonest.
so then FB did **not** create a __new__ market, and were not first?
make up your mind, pls
not by employing dirty business practice
They just happened to steamroll them.
@ManAnimal yea myspace came before facebook, facebook grew far larger when it got in bed with the government
techincally you are right
BUT those other platforms had a BB gun
If your talking utilities then yes technically so but those are formed because it's easier to have one water company than multiple water companies. I'm talking anticompetitive monopolies that hurt the economy.
@Terry Arcona that's cuz they're operating on govt software <:hyperthink:462282519883284480>
vs the Cannon FB developed
so we are in agreement, fb isn't a monopoly at least it wasnt..... at FIRST
Nonetheless less the BB Gun v Cannon is a fair analog.
it's only later that they start employing unfair tactics against those trying to enter the market it becomes a monopoly
(Fuck, I shouldn't have taken that drive now that I sat down and the intoxicants are hitting.)
And yes silicon valley is a problem but I don't think ancaps have an answer to it because they have no way in breaking up monopolies.
many forget that a monopoly is defined by how a company treats other competitios NOT customers
@ManAnimal well technicaly even with the government aid it's gotten it's still not quite a monopoly but it's damn close
it's hard to monopolize on the internet
true. but 'gov aid' isnt' always a bad thing. in fact, it is the ONLY way a gov can operate with a free market
It's more of a cornered market.
the 'ideal' gov simply takes money from one interest and pays it towards another interest of competing interest
Technically social media isn't operating as a monopoly.
They are operating in cohoots, though.
@SageTheory government doesn't break up monoplies either, atleast not the ones that are bed with government which is practicaly all of your fortune 500 and up companies today
so if people vote they would like more public transit rather than cars, i charge a premium for driving the cars and every dollar from that goes ONLY to public transit. zero sum
Yes that's a problem
TELL ME HOW ANCAPS WILL HANDLE IT THO.
@ManAnimal if companies are recieing government subsidies it's no longer a free market
so i don't make cars 'illegal' i just compartmentalize and by doing so, i encourage investment in trainsit tech which makes the cost come down
we aren't talking about companies