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Re:Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Am... by samlevine on Friday March 08, 2019 @06:28PM (#19343268)
They're not stifling innovation. Their successes have had massive spillover effects helping other companies to innovate. The Golden Goose is still laying eggs.

This isn't Standard Oil. It's not Ma Bell. When they stop innovating and start extracting rents we can have a reasonable conversation about breaking them up.

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Re:Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Am... by jonahb on Friday March 08, 2019 @10:06PM (#19344193)
All I can say is that a lot of people disagree with you. If you're interested in that perspective, a good book is "World Without Mind" by Franklin Foer.
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Re:Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Am... by bhl on Friday March 08, 2019 @08:17PM (#19343834)
When does a company stop innovating and start becoming a rent seeker? Don’t most companies eventually become the latter?
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