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"What’s the difference between Google and Facebook?
One difference is that last week Google agreed to pay Australian news outlets
for their content in the face of a threat of government action to force it to.
Facebook did not, temporarily removing Australian news sources from its feeds,
a decision it only reversed after winning a range of concessions.
Another is the reason why.
It’s that Google faces competition, whereas Facebook really doesn’t.
In economists’ language, that’s because Facebook enjoys a rare “network
effect”, Google scarcely at all."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
