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by SV_BubbleTime 2186 days ago
I’m quite free market... but in this case Google with its infinite resources tried to take just a piece of the Facebook pie and failed miserably.

If Google can’t compete with them - then SocialSite5000 startup has no shot in hell.

Facebook is unfortunately a monopoly. We can wait it out, but they are in a position to keep their advantage for generations so I don’t think that’s entirely reasonable.

If there are a monopoly, then they should be held to the ideals of common carrier and free speech and platform vs publisher, etc.