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		pjc50 on Dec 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook accused of striking 'secret deals over us... Cutting off API access is destroying value to preserve market power. Quite analogous to what Standard Oil did with their railways.

digitaltrees on Dec 7, 2018 [–]

Great example. For posterity, You need to explain the standard oil example more. I don’t think many people know about the story of standard oil gaining a monopoly in oil through transportation.

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