The Facebook lawsuits

[wicked]

I didn't see a thread here and I don't think it's political. You can't get 48 attorneys general to agree on when election day will be.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/09/facebook-antitrust-lawsuit/

The twin lawsuits filed in federal district court chiefly challenge Facebook’s past acquisition of two companies: Instagram, a photo-sharing tool, and WhatsApp, a messaging service. Federal and state investigators allege that the deals ultimately helped solidify Facebook as a dominant digital juggernaut with the power to weaponize its data to ensure no other company could catch up — all the while leaving web users with few quality, privacy-protective social-networking alternatives.

 

[TigerVols]

Seems to me Facebook should just point to Parler and say, “what’s stopping someone from building a better photo-sharing app akin to how Parler came out of no where to compete with Twitter?”

 

[Pilot]

Seems to me Facebook should just point to Parler and say, “what’s stopping someone from building a better photo-sharing app akin to how Parler came out of no where to compete with Twitter?”

Fair point in general but I’m going to wait to see that one play out a little more. 99.9% of those who I know who swore they’d quit Facebook “tomorrow” for another option didn’t, and the one guy who did — bless his heart— is still on Twitter today trying to pass a theory that Melania Trump is a direct descendent of Czar Nicholas II and in turn Anastasia.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

next time I get on one of these things I'd like its creator to be someone who has actual friends.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Antitrust law makes it far easier to prevent a merger or an acquisition than to undo one. The last super breakups (AT&T, DuPont and GM) were like 60 years ago.