The Department of Justice told a federal judge it is considering recommending that Google be forced to sell off parts of its operations in what would be a historic antitrust breakup.
So stoked. Both the breakup and the data remedy are essential to breaking this monopoly permanently. Death to Google
Remember when they broke up the Bell System and we totally got lower prices, better service, and the Baby Bells totally weren’t allowed to all merge back together again? You will.
Remember when they broke up the Bell System and we totally got lower prices, better service, and the Baby Bells totally weren’t allowed to all merge back together again? You will.
So here's the thing. Breaking up Bell didn't do anything good because like the T1000 it just reformed again.
But not breaking up Bell, I think would have been worse. It really had run its course and had gone into full rent seeking mode.
At least for a couple years, while the shards of Bell were running around, that opened space for other technologies to get their chance to be tried
Oh I hated those commercials, even in the 90s.
Proto-bazinga hype.