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0 pointscrazygringo1y ago0 comments

> if google has exclusive deals

My comment said, show me that the Google deal with Reddit is exclusive.

You haven't done that.

And there's no reason to think it would be, because of antitrust. The DOJ doesn't have to act "immediately", the point is that obvious antitrust violations come with fines that make it unprofitable to attempt in the first place. And this would be black-and-white obvious antitrust violation, given Google's monopoly status in search. This isn't a gray area where it might be worth it for Google to roll the dice.

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dvngnt_1y ago

clearly some deal was reach between the two parties or we wouldn't be here.

whether or not the deal is exclusive OR companies have to pay to index reddit it's still bad for competition. money has a barrier to entry preventing newcomers.

I can blame reddit for creating the deal and I can blame google for accepting the deal if the effect is bing, ddg and others cannot display reddit results without reaching some deal.

crazygringoOP1y ago

I'm not saying it's not bad for competition.

I'm saying the blame is 100% with Reddit.

Blaming Google for accepting it makes no sense. That's like if a shopper goes to grocery store and buys an expensive $20 piece of cheese, and other shoppers can't afford cheese that pricey, and you're blaming that one shopper for buying it because it means other shoppers can't also get the cheese without paying for it. That doesn't make any sense. The store set the price, and they're the one to blame if other shoppers can't afford it.

If Bing, DDG and others can't reach a deal with Reddit, that has nothing to do with Google.

Again, blame here is 100% on Reddit, and 0% on Google. To assign blame to a purchaser in a case like this doesn't make any sense.

dvngnt_1y ago

bing probably has the money to reach a deal, smaller companies without monopolies is less likely, and that's the problem.

i don't think google is blameless like you propose.

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0 pointscrazygringo1y ago0 comments

> if google has exclusive deals

My comment said, show me that the Google deal with Reddit is exclusive.

You haven't done that.

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dvngnt_1y ago

clearly some deal was reach between the two parties or we wouldn't be here.

whether or not the deal is exclusive OR companies have to pay to index reddit it's still bad for competition. money has a barrier to entry preventing newcomers.

I can blame reddit for creating the deal and I can blame google for accepting the deal if the effect is bing, ddg and others cannot display reddit results without reaching some deal.

crazygringoOP1y ago

I'm not saying it's not bad for competition.

I'm saying the blame is 100% with Reddit.

If Bing, DDG and others can't reach a deal with Reddit, that has nothing to do with Google.

Again, blame here is 100% on Reddit, and 0% on Google. To assign blame to a purchaser in a case like this doesn't make any sense.

dvngnt_1y ago

bing probably has the money to reach a deal, smaller companies without monopolies is less likely, and that's the problem.

i don't think google is blameless like you propose.

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