Re:EU competition chief holds threat of breaking up Google
by ocdtrekkie on Monday March 26, 2018 @04:05PM
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Let me ask you: If Google closed everyone's Gmail accounts overnight to make a political statement, even if the EU relented, how many customers would stay with Google after that? There are limits to how much Google can punish users for their countries' legal decisions without risking losing those users forever.
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Re:EU competition chief holds threat of breaking up Google
by mehrdadn on Monday March 26, 2018 @04:11PM
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Not many, but if they see not being broken up as fundamental to their business model working (I don't know if they do, but I could imagine Gmail not making much money on its own might pose problems), it might not make that much of a difference for them.