search and maps are better "everyday" examples but aren't subject to the same monopoly forces as doubleclick tbh
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yep. problem is this is what runs almost the entire internet, lol
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sure but "we have to get a new mail provider" is a different problem than "oops the one ad market is gone"
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right! that was pretty much my entire point, was it not
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perhaps I misunderstood, I took your meaning to be that people depend necessarily on the constellation of google services
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whereas I am arguing in most cases the dependence is merely incidental
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yeah my intent was to explain why, bc of the ad market (google's real biz; the rest is all just chaff for antitrust investigators & laymen)…
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…that even people like you and me are wayyyy more dependent on google for the existence of our daily world, than you might think
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and that their willingness to censor things (see article at TPM) inadvertently affects even people like us, as it distorts the info market
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search is debatable but I'm fairly convinced the inadequacy of competitors is more because the cost doesn't justify catching up
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yeah ddg and bing are serviceable
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