• ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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      4 months ago

      Not almost monopoly.

      Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,

      - the US govt

    • @[email protected]
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      254 months ago

      Monopolies don’t require 100% of a market. Just enough to effectively manipulate a market.

      One firm might only be 10% of a market. But if every other firm is only 1-2%, that 10% will have an outsized monopolistic ability to manipulate that market.

    • Norah - She/They
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      84 months ago

      AV1 Image File Format is an open, royalty-free image file format

      While I am by no means trying to defend Google, or their monopoly, I’m struggling to see how this time is a “clear example” of monopolistic behaviour?

      Like, take for contrast the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) image format HEIC, which Apple has adopted as it’s main high-res format on iOS. It’s proprietary, and that fact is indeed worrying. However, the only reason I can figure out for Google’s move here being a ‘bad’ thing, is if you’re nostalgic about the .jpg extension…

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        144 months ago

        I didn’t mean the choice of image format is a monopolistic behavior, but that the monopoly puts google in a position that any choice they make, be it a good or bad one, becomes an industry standard, without others having any choice in it.