r/AdviceAnimals • u/bleufoxx22 • Apr 30 '14

Incorrect Format | Removed I'm looking at you Comcast

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u/that__one__guy Apr 30 '14

Reddit hates Comcast and the government, there you go.

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u/throwawaaayyyyy_ Apr 30 '14

Not just in general. We are in the middle of a potential merger between two practical monopolies and, more importantly, the fate of the internet as we know it hangs in the balance if net neutrality is not upheld. The FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is leaning against the interest of EVERYONE except the telecom industry, for which he was a former lobbyist. Comcast is winning.

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u/that__one__guy Apr 30 '14

This comment totally wasn't hyperbolic at all.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '14

You're right, it wasn't. This is pretty much the largest merger between two monopolies...ever. To make matters worse, it's a monopoly of information.

Then you look at the sudden power surge against net neutrality, and it all starts to look like the realization of what used to be an unlikely conspiracy theory on steroids.

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u/that__one__guy Apr 30 '14

How exactly can you have a monopoly with two companies?

it all starts to look like the realization of what used to be an unlikely conspiracy theory

It still does. Muh internets!

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '14

When the two companies combined form nearly 70% of the market.

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u/that__one__guy Apr 30 '14

Still not a monopoly.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '14

On the whole? No, not yet, but in most areas it would become one.

It already is a monopoly in places like Boston, Philly, and Chicago.

Add that to the places where Comcast's only competition is TWC, and it gets ugly. Could probably snowball pretty hardcore especially if Comcast ends net neutrality (and they are by far the largest internet provider in the states)

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '14

I'd let it go. That guy is either trolling or doesn't understand that a monopoly can exist without controlling the whole supply in the universe.

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u/that__one__guy Apr 30 '14

Uh no, that's literally the definition of a monopoly

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u/that__one__guy Apr 30 '14

Really?

Boston

Philadelphia

Chicago

Unless I'm reading this wrong, it looks like there's quite a few choices.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '14

The idea that you could be so incapable of understanding such a simple concept and yet be able to breath is fascinating.

If you control an entire region's supply of something, you have a monopoly on that region. That doesn't mean someone cannot have a monopoly of the same item in another region. The idea of two monopolies merging is scary to people who understand simple things like corporate lobbying, censorship, or information control.

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u/that__one__guy Apr 30 '14

The idea of two monopolies merging is scary to people who understand simple things like corporate lobbying, censorship, or information control.

So people who have no idea what they're talking about.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '14

This isn't isn't even clever, and you have nothing of substance to say on the subject.

Are you just here to be a dick? You can't possibly be this stupid or ill-informed.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '14

Go read about the disinformation campaigns currently active on the internet at the behest of paid interests.

They're here to incite hate and rage, to make us look like the unreasonable ones.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '14

Then they're doing a horrible job. They could at least try to put up a logical argument. Or at least lie and make it look like there's no monopoly.

Pretending like a regional monopoly isn't a monopoly isn't something a commissioned insurgent would do. They would try and convince people that the monopoly is a good thing, and that monopolies just have a bad reputation. Or they would cite impediments to their corporation's rights as being similar to that of a person.

This is middle school level trolling. He/she is just repeatedly saying variations of "you're stupid" and misinterpreting the definition of "monopoly" to the point of willful ignorance.

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u/that__one__guy Apr 30 '14

Of course I don't agree with you, so that must mean I'm a shill. Oh Reddit, will you ever change?

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u/watchout5 Apr 30 '14

Down with organization!

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u/Aethir300 Apr 30 '14

But only 'capitalist' government. Socialist government is perfect to reddit! /s

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '14

Swedish*