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Google is illegally monopolizing online advertising tech, judge rules

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863 points IdealeZahlen | 1 comments | 17 Apr 25 14:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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xhkkffbf ◴[17 Apr 25 15:12 UTC] No.43718084[source]▶
Google really should start floating some plans for splitting itself up. Things worked out pretty well when Ma Bell was split up. Some people thought it would all fail, but the companies have done a good job competing and cooperating at the right times.

If Google comes up with the plans, it's better than some antagonist.

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Analemma_ ◴[17 Apr 25 15:34 UTC] No.43718375[source]▶
> Things worked out pretty well when Ma Bell was split up

In what way? They all just re-consolidated back into monopolies. I have one choice of telecom provider in my location: if I don’t like Xfinity, I get to eat shit. At least Ma Bell had to get the government’s permission to raise prices; frankly, I’d prefer having that back.

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1. ablerman ◴[17 Apr 25 15:40 UTC] No.43718469[source]▶
It's worse than that, they reconsolidated but BellLabs was shut down in the process. So, they got the same control they previously had except they weren't spending on research. IMO, they should have been prevented from reconsolidating.