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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by stickfigure on Friday June 05, 2020 @06:50PM (#23434899)
I agree, and let's not stop there! What business did Apple have getting into the music player business or the cell phone business? They already have a profitable computer business! General Electric makes appliances, lightbulbs, jet engines, nuclear plants, and a dozen other things, split them up!

We can divide up the world into little boxes and carefully decide who is allowed to participate in each box. Hell, we can go back to giving people occupational surnames - if your name is Smith or Barber or Carpenter, your box is already picked out for you. GET BACK IN.

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by Supermancho on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:12PM (#23435078)
Not sure what this snark gets you, other than obscure what you're trying to communicate.

<It's a slippery slope to do something once?> <Apples to oranges comparison about Apple, Inc which never had close to a monopoly> <Something about the justification for breaking up a company that's also apples to oranges> <Whataboutism>

<Something about central planning that isn't clear and doesn't apply to monopoly power>

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