• ConsciousCode@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Huh, is this the start of a new post-platform era where we see such business models the way we now see cigarettes?

    • Paranoid Factoid@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      My father was alive - and a smoker! - when the FDA issued its warning about the risks of smoking tobacco in the late 1950s.

      He was still smoking four packs a day in the 1970s. He died young as a result.

      Google’s statement is somewhat hyperbole in comparison to physical addiction. But Google is abusing their position and market dominance. Antitrust enforcement is warranted.