We are a small startup and we were outpacing 2 of the 4 giants
They resorted to outright illegal stuff
manipulation of search engine results not delivering our emails when it was to their email service hacking attacks click fraud on our ads
*
The REAL problem is not that they have monopoly status and cannot be outpaced
The real problem is that they abuse their monopoly position, do illegal things, and get away with it
Now we are building
both a platform
and
our own search engine
Consider the absurdity of that
Instead of just building a better product (which we had) and being able to win and/or compete based on that
We have to literally build our own entire ecosystem
How many startups can do that?
Should every tech company that happens to be competing against the big 4 monopolies be expected to do that
We are a small startup and we were outpacing 2 of the 4 giants
They resorted to outright illegal stuff
manipulation of search engine results not delivering our emails when it was to their email service hacking attacks click fraud on our ads
*
The REAL problem is not that they have monopoly status and cannot be outpaced
The real problem is that they abuse their monopoly position, do illegal things, and get away with it
Now we are building
both a platform
and
our own search engine
Consider the absurdity of that
Instead of just building a better product (which we had) and being able to win and/or compete based on that
We have to literally build our own entire ecosystem
How many startups can do that?
Should every tech company that happens to be competing against the big 4 monopolies be expected to do that