Imagine a world where Meta announced it was legally required to shut down.

Put aside the obliteration of stock value and job loss. What would be lost, and how hard would it be for folks to replace it with something else?

I imagine it would be all the talk for a hot few days. There'd be a hustle and a bustle as folks tried to entice their friends to other services. There'd be a land grab to recreate network effect lock in. There'd be talk even among normies to avoid it.

It'd be glorious, I tell you.

And three weeks later, there'd be a winner that got most of the exodus. A few people standing around looking for a chair in a 21st century version of duck-duck-goose.

A year later, things would be largely the same. Just as abusive. Serfs to different lords. No one would miss Meta.

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georgeecollins 21 hours ago | parent [-]

I think you could make a good case that it you broke meta into Instagram, What's App and FB, and Google into YouTube, Android + Cloud, Search + Advertising (or something like that)... you would have companies that would have competition in digital advertising and companies that wouldn't be so powerful that they could ignore all government regulation.

	▲	yndoendo 20 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The bigger issue is the legal bribes, aka donations and gifts, that politicians will take from any company to look the other way or limit legislative change. Current Supreme Court justices have accepted gifts from companies they rule on. USA judiciary is corrupt at the top. Same with the current majority in the legislative branch, and most defiantly the executive branch. This is why I support a 4th section of Government in the USA. Binding resolution from the people. People would be able to create and make laws. Binding resolution is why Colorado made cannibals legal. It was the people overruling the politicians. Every State needs binding resolution and it is most warranted at the federal level.
	▲	alphabeta3r56 20 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		First break up MS though.