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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by darkpuma on Friday May 31, 2019 @11:06PM (#20066960)
Why would Google sell Youtube to Facebook?
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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by KirinDave on Friday May 31, 2019 @11:16PM (#20066998)
I don't think either sale is possible, I'm merely using it as an example of what wouldn't be permissible.
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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday May 31, 2019 @11:33PM (#20067070)
What if Alphabet is forced to spin off YouTube in to a seperate entity?
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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by anticensor on Saturday June 01, 2019 @10:53AM (#20069476)
Such a split will never happen. Rather, YouTube will be torn down.
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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by KirinDave on Saturday June 01, 2019 @12:29PM (#20069953)
I'm fairly sure everyone would fight tooth and nail to do this.
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