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Not exactly: -YouTube has a monopoly on online video -Google has a monopoly on search -FB/Twitter have a duopoly on social -Apple/Google have a duopoly on mobile 90%+ marketshare requires regulation.
Look at Parler. They were supposed to be the competitor, but they're about to get banned from Apple/Google's infrastructure monopoly on mobile. That's the end of Parler. It's an abuse of monopoly, technically duopoly, power.
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I think there is a real conflict in basic principles here. There certainly are lots of options besides Twitter, Youtube, etc, but your point about 90% share is probably ballpark right. But we've been moving away from regulation for a long time. 1/2
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If someone wanted to propose *breaking up* the big tech companies, ala Teddy's trustbusters? I'd listen. I'll also agree that the *principle of free speech* goes well beyond the Constitutional protections. That still leaves the conflict w/private property rights.
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1. I don't think you know what a monopoly is. Hint: "mono". 2. Sounds like you want to break up oligopolies, like big banks too, right? 3. To free market, or not to free market, that is the question. 4. "Hey, I'd like to commit domestic terrorism. Can you put that on a cake?"
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