Comment on Amazon execs destroyed years of evidence before FTC action, agency says
TheBat@lemmy.world 1 year agoThere are many products all of these companies have that aren’t profitable
Splitting most of these up would not help anyone.
Good.
Companies have been using their profitable ventures to get dominant (or even solo) position in another market segment by undercutting the competition and then degrade their services as there’s no other alternative for customers.
This should force them (and customers) to reconsider their offerings and the pricing for it.
LufyCZ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Everyone is complaining about services raising prices all the time. YouTube introducing anti-adblock tech has caused an uproar.
Do you know why YouTube is dominant? It’s because it’s subsidized. Running a service like that is more expensive than you could ever imagine and it’s free, thanks to subsidization.
I’m not saying Google’s a good company, but consider how much value YouTube has brought into the world - it’s not only entertainment, but also education.
It wouldn’t survive on it’s own.
Splitting up companies makes no sense. They could (and in 99% of cases still would) work together as one. Regulating them and holding them accountable does, much more. Why not start there, instead of wasting your time here?
LukeMedia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s one of the issues with these business models, it’s hard to give a consumer something and then take it away later to turn a profit (enshittification).
LufyCZ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So what you’re saying is that instead of allowing companies to enshitiffy, we just kill all of them instantly?
uis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Do you know why google is ad monopoly? Because they have all youtube info.
LufyCZ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There’s no way that’s true. It’s a piece of it for sure, but they are neither an ad monopoly or a monopoly dependent on YouTube info.