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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by tigerBL00D on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:59PM (#27440710)
Are those the right categories? Utilities are built (at least partially) and maintained using taxpayer money. Google acquired dominance by collecting user data. In both cases users, as a class, get access to essential services that what wouldn't have been possible without their contributions.
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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by vxNsr on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @08:29PM (#27442826)
Utilities were also originally private competing companies and then they consolidated and the gov decided to make them regulated monopolies bec it made more sense then 10 different companies running their own electric lines. It’s possible to argue that one good search engine makes more sense vs 10 different small ok ones, the gov should step in and regulate.
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