House Judiciary Committee Hearing
Just a few questions for you after the hearing.
Congress is pushing FB to censor it’s content. Is it fair to users? Shouldn't you be able to pick your side? Shouldn’t you as a user be able to freely express your opinions no matter if you are right or wrong? Where is the line between free speech, hate speech and miss information? What is the neutrality of the platform? Should they censor inappropriate content?
I am not a big fan of FB but should these platform be regulated? If yes then how much? Where is the line between regulation and censorship? At the end of the day, it is a private platform and they can choose what will stay there and what won’t.
Committee had a question for Apple. He was complaining about high commissions on apple store, and that they have a monopoly. I believe if you want to use their infrastructure they should have a commission out of it. They will distribute your app to millions of users for a commission, I think that’s fair.
Congress is complaining about monopoly but they are the ones that build the system, if somebody doesn’t like it they can build they own.
Google is the biggest ads provider because they build a platform where you can buy and sell ads.
FB build a platform where you can reach millions of users.
Apple build a eco-system for all your hardware and software.
They have monopoly because they created it, and for the user is easier to use what is already established.
There are lots of platforms that try to compete and if people will care enough about their data privacy they would find an alternative. But we have to admit no other platform can compete with them in size so far. I like to support platform like minds, lbry, bitchute, steemit, etc. because there are people who are looking for alternatives and people who are not an “average user” who use whatever app/service that is popular. I would like to know your opinions on the censorship on platforms like FB, Instagram, etc.
Is Amazon fair to the sellers?
Is Apple fair to the small developers?
Do you think it's right? Wrong? Are they unfair to the competition?