Bullshit. Facebook cannot become AOL (which is what all the platforms desperately want to become) unless they can vertically integrate with the network.
They cannot currently do that in the US and most of the global north because of antitrust and the growing support and knowledge of net neutrality (thanks, Tim[1]).
But maybe they can get away with it in the global south ... plenty of market share there ...
Bullshit. Facebook cannot become AOL (which is what all the platforms desperately want to become) unless they can vertically integrate with the network.
They cannot currently do that in the US and most of the global north because of antitrust and the growing support and knowledge of net neutrality (thanks, Tim[1]).
But maybe they can get away with it in the global south ... plenty of market share there ...
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Wu#The_Master_Switch