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kamikazecow t1_j5qqan8 wrote

Reply to comment by macross1984 in Justice Dept. sues Google over digital advertising dominance by Cyrix2k

Given both sides take on big tech I could see a strong push to breakup Google. My bet is on it actually happening but then the Supreme Court steps in and kills all anti trust laws blocking the breakup.

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Aazadan t1_j5r2n9s wrote

There’s a real problem right now with large tech companies, but they have so much control right now, that technological development, especially digital security has warped around necessitating their continued existence.

Take every service google has ingested, imagine those were all separate companies, still linking with each other. It’s orders of magnitude more points of failure for things like data leaks.

A breakup should happen, but it’s going to be really tricky to implement.

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ablatner t1_j5syu3a wrote

Honestly I think telecom and media monopolies/consolidation is way worse for consumers. Everyone talks about tech because it's visible in day to day life, but there are so many industries that are problematic.

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5150_Ewok t1_j5rwtk8 wrote

Maybe breaking up google for data leaks is the end goal 👀

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usrevenge t1_j5sg997 wrote

Idk the difference is Facebook objectively pushed Republican talking points so Republicans wouldn't do anything about it anyway.

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MeatsimPD t1_j5teqoy wrote

They don't even need to break up all of Google, it's just the ad business. Though that does account for 80% of Google's profit.

Really we should call Google an advertising company not a tech company

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