On: Facebook and the Cost of Monopoly

[Spooky23]

Eyeballs.

Facebook is like the new TV. There's a ton of interaction with it and most of that content is locked away from Google's reach.

They are fundamentally more powerful than Google and are underpricing their ads.

[johnsmith21006 → Spooky23]

Completely disagree. Google has far more data including mapping data that FB does not have. A key aspect is FB only has curated data where Google gets all your data.

I would never share my searches on FB. Google photos has all my photos and FB what willing to share. Then YT has over 1 billion hours a day viewed which is 19x more than FB video and growing faster.

[brilliantcode → Spooky23]

Youtube & Netflix is the new TV. I don't think lot of people sit on their couch and watch Facebook videos all night.

I don't think Facebook can ever reach Google's level. Google is expensive for a reason because it's highly valuable since people are searching to buy.

Facebook is cheap because you are really casting a wide net and hoping to catch a fish. This is less efficient than Google's Adword.

[Spooky23 → brilliantcode]

Maybe not, but they spend an hour a day wandering through the feed.

Google is more transactional. Facebook are display ads that are displacing TV.

[slackoverflower → Spooky23]

> locked away from Google's reach

Not completely true when majority of their mobile users access the app through Android and majority of desktop users, Chrome.