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Re:Why Did Congress Just Vote to Break Up Big Tech? by musicale on Friday June 25, 2021 @06:19PM (#27636962)
Just imagine what the internet would be like if we hadn't broken up the AOL/CompuServe monopoly on online services!

As they said in 1997, “The reality is that AOL is cyberspace."[1]

This is an interesting perspective btw on how the Microsoft settlement set the stage for the rise of Google, etc.:

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/6/17827042/antitrust-1990s-m...

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