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DOJ proposes breakup and other big changes to end Google search monopoly
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2024
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You think breaking up a monopoly won't do anything? What?
In the long term, no. It’s a temporary measure. It’s like fighting against entropy.
Jesus Christ what a pathetic outlook.
In countries where monopolies are forbidden, internet costs about €20 per month
I'm guessing OP is paying about $80 lol
It’s a Red Queen’s Race.
Well the important thing is to make sure everyone knows it's impossible to make any sort of positive change, ever.
Clowns lol
Whoever said anything about that? You can make positive changes, just don’t expect them to be permanent. Nothing is permanent. That’s life! Eventually we all die.
This defeatist attitude is immature and unnecessary. Please refrain from posting such negative comments in the future.
If you have a competent anti-monopolistic government, you can make positive change faster than the market makes negative change.
lol, yeah it sure worked on Microsoft.
Oh wait, they just spent the next 20 years re-consolidating.
So it broke their monopoly for 20 years? That's...a lot. Imagine if we had a consistently not corrupt DOJ for 20 years.
#whoosh
See that? It was the point you missed.
The solution isn't (just) breaking up the monopolies. It's making it impossible for them to form in the first place.
The only thing that would prevent that is the complete end of capitalism. So you're saying there can be no good things at all, no material increase in standard of living, no wins, nothing, until capitalism is completely replaced?
No, you just need to regulate who can merge with who, and when, and why. And not accept bullshit answers from executives.
You're just moving the goal-posts because you know you don't have an actual argument.
Mergers are far from the only way to create a monopoly.