Generally in a competitive market, you have one company selling product &#x2F; service X and a competitor selling service Y which does something similar.<p>This is fine.<p>However online communication is different. Imagine if the telephone company would bleep out any time your friend mentions a competitor&#x27;s company. You&#x27;d never know a competitor exists. Especially if that competitor is up-and-coming and doesn&#x27;t have the pockets to send flyers to every damn house in the state.