The Department of Justice told a federal judge it is considering recommending that Google be forced to sell off parts of its operations in what would be a historic antitrust breakup.

lets-fucking-go

So stoked. Both the breakup and the data remedy are essential to breaking this monopoly permanently. Death to Google

    • footfaults [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 month ago

      So here’s the thing. Breaking up Bell didn’t do anything good because like the T1000 it just reformed again.

      But not breaking up Bell, I think would have been worse. It really had run its course and had gone into full rent seeking mode.

      At least for a couple years, while the shards of Bell were running around, that opened space for other technologies to get their chance to be tried