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patrickhogan1 4 days ago

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frognumber 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Why? Genuine question.

To me, it doesn't feel extreme at all, relative to former antitrust regulations or to what's needed for a functioning market. I would have felt bad about these about two decades ago, but Google has not been a good player in recent years.

Geopolitically, it feels off.

dmix 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe it's like what the FBI does, when they go for you it doesn't matter if they win for the original primary reason because they'll find something to get you with and you'll negotiate down to some form of them winning.

kolinko 4 days ago | parent [-]

Sometimes it ends up with US government splitting businesses - like Bell being split into AT&T and the others 50 years ago

iamacyborg 4 days ago | parent [-]

The chart on the wiki page showing the subsequent consolidation of the Baby Bells is pretty fascinating though.

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