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Re:A new round of antitrust questions can’t go well for Google by onetimemanytime on Sunday June 02, 2019 @01:46AM (#20073696)
>>Wouldn't it make more sense to break up broadband ISP monopolies first? Google, Facebook, Amazon etc. cannot do business without ISPs.

Are ISPs favoring Google, Facebook, Amazon etc. ? If so, I agree with you. If not, then...

>>Plus, you can always choose to just not use Google.

Not as simple as you make it. Google for one is hurting competition and using their platform, mainly search, to do so. Different rules apply to companies with a certain market share. No one forced people to use Microsoft Windows either: Apple, Linux, or new companies could have invented many new OS-es.

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Re:A new round of antitrust questions can’t go well for Google by unityByFreedom on Sunday June 02, 2019 @01:56AM (#20073731)
> Are ISPs favoring Google, Facebook, Amazon etc. ?

No, ISPs favor their own services. See zero rating,

> AT&T is openly advertising that cellular customers can stream the company’s DirecTV Now product without it counting against monthly data caps. Meanwhile, all of the competing video services like Sling TV, Paystation Vue, YouTube TV, Netflix or Amazon Prime count against AT&T data caps [1]

[1] https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2019/02/13/isps-are-violating-t...

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