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Re:Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one image by owenthejumper on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @07:45PM (#45367353)
That capitalism technically already exists in the US. We have very strong monopoly laws. It's just...nobody is enforcing them. Unlike the 70's and 80's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System
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Re:Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one image by xp84 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @08:02PM (#45367526)
AT&T eventually gave up and agreed to divest of the RBOCs because they didn't like their chances with the regulators. Imagine a Big Tech company having so little faith today in their ability to manipulate the government between lobbying, campaign contributions, and the most modern and economical play, stroking the President's ego.
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Re:Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one image by nerdponx on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @08:05PM (#45367541)
Biden's FTC chair tried her best, but it didn't go anywhere because she had no support and Trump put an end to it. But both sides amirite?
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Re:Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one image by int_19h on Friday September 26, 2025 @06:07PM (#45391500)
It's because the laws were creatively reinterpreted to mean something very different from what the people who wrote them had in mind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Antitrust_Paradox

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