Originally posted by Oliver North
isn't the FTC highly inconsistent in these cases?I think there would have to be some type of challenge from a company saying that the set-up prevents them from accessing the market for it to be a real monopoly.
Yep. In that link I posted the two companies involved in the merger were two of the top three companies in the hair restoration industry. Those two and one other had a combined market share of 60%.
Originally posted by Oliver North
They also nailed Microsoft over giving their web-browser a monopoly on their own OS, ya?
If Windows is 90% of the market then it stands to reason that if they only allow IE to run on it that would put a lot of competitors in a pickle. It would be sort of like Disney buying out 90% of all comic book shops and then only allowing Marvel titles to be sold at them.
I'm still foolishly holding out hope that they start busting up some of these mega ISP's like Time Warner cable. Those bastards are seeing consumers cut the cord because of services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime, so they're cranking up the prices on internet service and using the gimmick of data caps to rein us back in.
Originally posted by -Pr-
Time Warner is already in hot water over their assertions that nobody needs gigabyte internet, and the slow but steady emergence of google fiber.That's what happens when you're a dick.
Yep. Privacy concerns aside, Google may be our last best hope. If they can provide uncapped internet at anywhere close to those kinds of speeds for a reasonable price then it'll be a godsend.
Originally posted by dmills
Yep. Privacy concerns aside, Google may be our last best hope. If they can provide uncapped internet at anywhere close to those kinds of speeds for a reasonable price then it'll be a godsend.
yup. and the best part is, none of these big corporations can bully google like they did smaller ISPs. Google just laughs in their faces.
Originally posted by -Pr-
yup. and the best part is, none of these big corporations can bully google like they did smaller ISPs. Google just laughs in their faces.
Exactly. Those jerk offs will probably try to cut Google's lines lol.
I'm impressed with what they did with the Nexus 4 bypassing the bs of the big 3 by taking the product directly to the consumer. Even if it didn't move as many units as say, the Samsung Galaxy line, it still proved that there is potential for a better way. That took big balls.