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Re:We Need to Nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon by azag0 on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @09:17AM (#15131865)
The new problem here is that the centralization is pretty much the core value of these companies. Breaking them up would destroy that value. A way around is to first standardize and open all the protocols on which they internally operate, and then split them. But you could say that the standardization is in a way an indirect nationalization. If email was run by a company, it would easily be amongst the richest companies in the world.
Re:We Need to Nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon by sharemywin on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @09:23AM (#15131906)
centralization isn't the problem, bundling is.

advertising with communication.

privacy with contact management

web index with advertising.

content creation and distribution with advertising marketplace.

product distribution with product marketplace with eCommerce store.

Data storage with advertising

...the list goes one.