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Finally, an analysis of a nationally representative sample of 3,500 Egyptian adults, who rated their participation in the anti-Mubarak movement, showed that participants were more likely to be younger single males with higher socioeconomic status,
users
of the Internet, newspaper readers, urban residents, and believers in modern values and free will.
In fact, others benefited from my choice as well: the book remained on the library shelf, available to other
users.
On the other hand, if the book had not been on the shelf and those other
users
had asked library staff to recall or reserve it, the library might have noted the demand for the book and ordered a second copy.
Megaupload allowed its 180 million registered
users
to upload and download movies, television shows, and music, and some of the money earned by Dotcom (from advertising and subscriptions) was on display at his mansion near Auckland, where he kept his Rolls-Royce and other exotic cars.
But Megaupload offered cash rewards to
users
who uploaded files that proved popular with other
users.
This could include potential “game changers” in China such as ad hoc mesh networking, which allows
users
to communicate with one another by hopping from one device to the next without an Internet service provider in the middle.
Over time, the wrong moves are penalized, and their
users
either learn by watching others or disappear.
Contrary to Western expectations, most of this domestic Internet censorship is carried out not by the government's Internet police, but by Chinese Web hosting companies, which are being held legally responsible for what their
users
publish.
Yet many studies used by advocates of green jobs have not addressed these costs at all – overlooking both the cost of investment and the price hikes to be faced by end
users.
The idea is that power plants and other large fossil fuel
users
should capture the CO2 and pump it into permanent underground storage sites, such as old oil fields.
It doesn’t help that on social media,
users
can “self-select” the type of content to which they are exposed, potentially reinforcing their existing biases.
But
users
often do not see these links.
While this has attracted the antitrust authorities’ attention, it also highlights how much
users
value Google’s service.
But unnecessarily invasive intervention could undermine the product that Google provides and deprive
users
of what they want: easy access to information.
Earlier this year, in an effort to dispel the Commission’s concerns, Google offered to flag search results that draw
users
to Google’s own services.
Google’s undue penalization of a particular vertical-search site matters only if the demotion of the site’s links harms end
users.
After all,
users
can access other vertical-search engines if they so choose.
The fact that they often do not indicates that
users
find Google’s search engine more appealing.
Not only is Google’s market share in the EU much greater;European
users
may have different preferences.
In the worst-case scenario, Google’s proposals are implemented, and
users
discover that Google’s products are not as good as they used to be.
One example: "You're two for three; the president opposes needle exchange [for intravenous drug users] on moral grounds, regardless of the outcome."
Because the cost of processing and storing information has declined in recent years, a firm with a size advantage has smaller operating costs, and profits rise rapidly as the number of
users
multiplies (Google and Facebook are good examples).
Indeed, many IT platforms are not producers in the traditional sense; they are public utilities that enable coordination and information-sharing among
users
in diverse fields.
They don’t shout at large mobs, but are slick performers in radio and TV studios, and are savvy
users
of social media.
This is why parents' councils for schools, or committees of
users
of public transport, or patients' boards for hospitals are crucial.
A case in point is the economics of two-sided markets, which involve competition between platforms whose principal “product” consists in connecting two categories of users, who then offer each other network benefits.
So, if two platforms that appear to be performing similar services are complementary – for example, because one platform connects consumers with a set of
users
that helps them to value another set of
users
more highly – market entry can be bad for consumers.
In fact, two platforms can even be complementary for one set of
users
and substitutes for another.
Recent papers report many
users
in the US, UK and New Zealand now seek treatment for dependence.
Other papers show that 10% of
users
want to stop or cut down, but have difficulties doing so, whilst a paper in 1998 reported that 10-15% of
users
become dependants.
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