Comment by reaperducer
3 years ago
If you can't beat the free offering, then go home.
In the real world of physical goods, there are laws against this. But Google's a tech company, so anything goes.
3 years ago
If you can't beat the free offering, then go home.
In the real world of physical goods, there are laws against this. But Google's a tech company, so anything goes.
It's not illegal to give things away for free unless it's dumping.
It's not illegal to give things away for free unless it's dumping.
Which is exactly my point.
"[Dumping] occurs when manufacturers export a product... at a price below the normal price with an injuring effect. The objective of dumping is to increase market share in... by driving out competition and thereby create a monopoly situation"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_policy)
That's exactly what's happening here.
Google prices Analytics at $0 to prevent any competition from starting up.
While an argument can be made that Google doesn't need to charge money for the product because that cost is made up in other areas, there is no way of knowing that, because those costs are not public. We don't know if it's fully made up by other means, or partially made up by other means, or not at all.
Like you, IANAL, but it's my understanding that legally, it's not about the price, it's about the intent.
> Google prices Analytics at $0 to prevent any competition from starting up.
It's not dumping because, in the absence of any competition, the price hasn't changed. It just turns out the market price for this service is $0.
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Which real world country?
In the U.S. most antitrust law is based on protecting what's best for the consumer, not protecting the competition from a free alternative.
What a horrible law.
The market should just create a better solution or find investors to call the bluff of the offending company and make even more money