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Re:Break Up Google by akira2501 on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:12AM (#23675184)
All these companies obtained this market share by purchasing competitors or integrating surrounding businesses. You're right though, they're all problems and shouldn't have been allowed to acquire so casually to their current market positions.

That being said, Google gets primary access to your personal data and habits, and then also gets to sell advertising based on that data. That's certainly more unseemly than having too few choices for eyewear, don't you think?

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Re:Break Up Google by keith__talent on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:16AM (#23675216)
"That being said, Google gets primary access to your personal data and habits, and then also gets to sell advertising based on that data." Then lets find legislation that enforces privacy, but still allows them to work with advertisers. The platform is here, but needs adjustment.
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Re:Break Up Google by rob74 on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:25AM (#23675292)
Well, you are still free to not use Google and deny them access to your data, there are alternatives to all of their services. With some of the other companies mentioned, this might be trickier...
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Re:Break Up Google by TedDoesntTalk on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:45AM (#23675413)
> All these companies obtained this market share by purchasing competitors

And Google has acquired hundreds of companies in the last 20 years.

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