Sometimes arguable in the short term, but every bottleneck that realizes itself as an apparent monopoly puts a massive & ever-growing bounty on its own head. As long as gov isn’t defending a monopoly with insurmountable firepower, its days are numberedhttps://twitter.com/Fishinthemirage/status/1091811241180319744 …
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Your thoughts on Twitter, YouTube et al re: denying access?
IMO it’s usually unreasonable to characterize a top player who relies on network effects to win as a monopoly. These products are more fragile than they look; they’re more susceptible to collective action than anything else. This is why they always have to try to play every side
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The fact that everyone agrees these policies are dumb — they’re either too soft on the bad guys, or too quick to appease arbitrary mobs — is probably not actually a terrible thing. It means they’re utterly at the mercy of their consumers
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What do you think about these platforms ability to pick winners and losers by granting or denying access to competing businesses?
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