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by nitrogen 4506 days ago
Sadly, it seems that "good access to information" is the weak link in this chain, which can easily be broken by SEO, astroturfing, and the like.
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Can you imagine someone building an Uber scale business built on SEO, astroturfing, and the like and people continuing to use it? I can't.
I can definitely imagine an incumbent company using SEO and astroturfing to prevent people from knowing a would-be Uber-sized company exists.