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Re:It’s time for Alphabet to spin off YouTube by morpheuskafka on Friday February 24, 2023 @03:33PM (#34929719)
Actually he is making the counterargument to anti-trust, which is that integration increases efficiency and total surplus.
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Re:It’s time for Alphabet to spin off YouTube by sScTE9qEMCxEk34 on Friday February 24, 2023 @03:44PM (#34929870)
90% of the "efficiency" and "surplus" is the fact that no one can effectively compete.

Which is why it's anti-competitive.

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