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Re:Google’s Plan to DRM the Web Goes Against Everything Goog... by tannhaeuser on Thursday August 03, 2023 @04:38AM (#36983041)
Google was made possible by US antitrust turning a blind eye towards Google's acquisition of DoubleClick and YouTube. Considering Alphabet is dominating both search and ads and also offers services via searches, the EU commission already hinted at a breakup as a viable measure to lead the web out of its misery.

[1]: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_...

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Re:Google’s Plan to DRM the Web Goes Against Everything Goog... by mg on Thursday August 03, 2023 @05:34AM (#36983457)
Google's market cap was already at over $100B with billions in revenue and hundreds of millions in profits when it bought DoubleClick and YouTube.

So while those were big aquisitions (Around $3B and $2B) they only accelerated the process of Google turning into the web's central player. It was already set in motion before the aquisitions.

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Re:Google’s Plan to DRM the Web Goes Against Everything Goog... by rwmj on Thursday August 03, 2023 @06:22AM (#36983809)
The large market cap is exactly why they shouldn't have been allowed to acquire either. (Same goes for Facebook with Instagram, Whatapp).
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