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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by treis on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:42AM (#24837883)
In every thread someone makes a comment like this. As though a duopoly is somehow meaningfully different than a monopoly.
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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by CydeWeys on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:49AM (#24837952)
And it doesn't even address anything I actually said. It's a deflection at best. The spectrum of corporate misbehavior that needs to be regulated is much broader than "singular monopoly".
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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by JKCalhoun on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:14AM (#24838276)
Good point.

Cable companies and cell companies should be hoisted up next.

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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by lotsofpulp on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:16PM (#24839939)
Cable (or a wire that transmits data) and mobile internet should be a utility. It makes no sense for multiple fibers to be run to a single home for the sake of competition, nor does it make sense to operate multiple cell towers transmitting the same data, just like it doesn't make sense to run multiple pipes for water and electrical lines for the sake of competition.
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