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Re:Sam Altman and Andrew Yang talk UBI by true_religion on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @02:50AM (#21927139)
The break up Facebook plan isn’t going to end with two facebooks. They aren’t a phone company.

They may be required to provide interoperability with other networks. This kind of federation is what tech people claim is what makes the internet good.

Then there is the question of if all their sub companies need to be under one banner. Must they own WhatsApp? Instagram?

Seems like they don’t need to but just swallowed up competitors.

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Re:Sam Altman and Andrew Yang talk UBI by danShumway on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @10:31AM (#21928368)
Exactly. Whether or not you think that Facebook is a monopoly, none of the Democratic candidates (or at least, none of the candidates that are serious) are talking about making a bunch of Facebook clones.

They're talking about reversing mergers that many people claim were problematic (WhatsApp and Instagram). They're talking about forcing companies to give up the benefit of 1st-party access to the platforms they maintain.

That's a much more narrow, targeted change than saying, "let's just make another Facebook", which is what I see people interpreting it as.

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