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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. bryanlarsen ◴[17 Apr 25 15:47 UTC] No.43718574[source]▶
> In what way?

It's fairly straightforward to argue that the internet as we know it wouldn't have been possible without the Bell labs split up. There were dozens of large telecommunications companies that were enabled by the split, and those companies built much of the equipment used in the early internet.

Not to mention Unix.