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Re:Is the big tech era ending? by tim333 on Saturday December 04, 2021 @02:43PM (#29443700)
>Facebook ... stays big primarily because of network effects

And trying to buy anything that competes. If they'd been blocked from buying Instagram and WhatsApp they'd be in a much weaker position. Antitrust stuff could in principle stop them doing that.

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Re:Is the big tech era ending? by robryan on Saturday December 04, 2021 @07:15PM (#29445557)
It is kind of working now, I doubt they would be able to buy TikTok. I don’t recall them being involved at all when Trump was trying to force its sale.

But yeah big tech needs to be massive before it comes under any real antitrust scrutiny.

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