1) "But this regulatory ruling isn't even about Facebook's dominant business, it's about the potential harm to the advertising business"
Yes, using it's dominance to control a market and decide where people get to advertise, rather than people having a choice.
2) If you think Giphy is easily-reproducible, it shows how little you know about things in general.
3) "And if you're going to go after a company for dominance in advertising and you go after Facebook and not Google?"
1 minute of research would show you that the CMA already are and have been at Google's doors too. More recently about Google's power when it comes to third-party cookies; which is for advertising.
The CMA are pretty much always going at the big companies for something.
It seems like you need to understand what you're talking about, before you try and talk about it.
>If you think Giphy is easily-reproducible, it shows how little you know about things in general
Is Giphy fundamentally different in some way than Imgur, Photobucket, Tenor, Gfycat, or Animoto? Seems like there's a pretty healthy amount of competition in the space unless I just don't understand what makes Giphy special.
Imgur, Photobucket and Animoto aren't comparable to Giphy. They're targeting different things. That would be like comparing Youtube to LinkedIn. Both social websites but ultimately have different goals/aims.
What makes Giphy special is the content/user moat that it has.
Anyone can easily create a Giphy website and search engine. You can most probably buy a Wordpress theme for $20 to do it. You can not easily-replicate what Giphy has achieved in regards to content moat and user numbers. I wouldn't call 2 other businesses in the same industry, healthy competition.
Yes, using it's dominance to control a market and decide where people get to advertise, rather than people having a choice.
2) If you think Giphy is easily-reproducible, it shows how little you know about things in general.
3) "And if you're going to go after a company for dominance in advertising and you go after Facebook and not Google?"
1 minute of research would show you that the CMA already are and have been at Google's doors too. More recently about Google's power when it comes to third-party cookies; which is for advertising.
The CMA are pretty much always going at the big companies for something.
It seems like you need to understand what you're talking about, before you try and talk about it.