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0 pointsDrillShopper1y ago0 comments

That's not comparable. Netflix did not have a monopoly on "shipping DVDs". Plenty of retailers, online or brick-and-mortar, did that at the same time Netflix did, and video rental places were still going. Some of which would deliver movies (the local Marcos near me had a deal with a local Family Video where if you bought a large pizza they would bring you both the pizza and a movie of your choice from Family Video, assuming it was in stock).

Nor has Netflix had a monopoly on streaming.

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scarface_741y ago· 2 in thread

And there are other traditional search engines - including one run by another 1 trillion dollar+ market cap company.

That’s not to mention ChatGPT and other LLMs have built in search.

Should Google not evolve with the times?

DrillShopperOP1y ago

It's not that they have a search engine. It's what they're doing to advertisers, websight owners, and consumers with it that is the problem. It's them abusing their market position to the detriment of customers and competitors.

scarface_741y ago

What are they doing to consumers? And why should we feel sorry for the purveyors of adtech that just made the web worse in every possible way?

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