Part of the problem is that tech products tend to be natural monopolies. If you split android off Google, it will probably just lose out against iOS in the West and some Chinese Android version elsewhere. As the article says, that's not necessarily better.
Google is a monopoly – the fix isn't obvious
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Re: Google is a monopoly – the fix isn't obvious
#12What comes after will be better. Maybe not as integrated, but better as far as options go.
It's almost like monied interests own the papers and want to protect their investments
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#13"What if we broke up Google and Meta started operating bits of it?"
There are some head scratching serious leaps of logic here. Why would Meta start running android if it became an independent business?
It's never explained.
This article is rather clumsy FUD.
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#14breaking it up will also weaken US Dominance in Tech, the fact that Android and Chrome are under them same umbrella helps them share IP across the company and decreases RD costs because some of the costs are shared.
Not sure how NATO enters into this, but as off last month or so Mark Rutte is the Secretary General of NATO. He is Dutch
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#15I think Google can win this easily by using the public opinion against the regulators. They just need to say that they are gonna start charging for all their services because without the level of integration they have it doesn't make sense to keep running businesses that otherwise would lose money.
"If you break us up we will start such an epic tantrum that we will end up shooting ourselves in the head"
Re: Google is a monopoly – the fix isn't obvious
#16I think Google can win this easily by using the public opinion against the regulators. They just need to say that they are gonna start charging for all their services because without the level of integration they have it doesn't make sense to keep running businesses that otherwise would lose money.
"...gonna start charging..."
In a world where the competition's price for most of those services is "free", charging for used-to-be-free stuff sounds like a sure-fire suicidal business strategy.
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#17I think Google can win this easily by using the public opinion against the regulators. They just need to say that they are gonna start charging for all their services because without the level of integration they have it doesn't make sense to keep running businesses that otherwise would lose money.
Do you honestly think that would have any effect beyond Gmail users? (those would really hurt)
But otherwise I don't think an average non-tech person would be likely to notice a difference between Bing and Google. And ms, ddg, Kagi and perplexity would love to see lots of people actually looking for alternatives.
Docs/sheets/pages/whatever wouldn't change since they're supported by the paying users. The rest, Google is going to kill at some point anyway like they did with hundred other projects.
They only one I really don't know how it would be affected is Android.
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#18breaking it up will also weaken US Dominance in Tech, the fact that Android and Chrome are under them same umbrella helps them share IP across the company and decreases RD costs because some of the costs are shared.
Um, I agree with your first sentence, but I don't think I follow the rationale. What are you trying to say?
regulation in the EU may no longer work independently from regulation in the US thus US laws they need to collaborate and compromise, they are weakening western tech dominance
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#19Japan tried to curb the Yakuza by enacting laws to specifically punish them. Not only it didn't work as well as they thought, but other criminals also flourished in the underworld by virtue of not being Yakuza.
Whatever they do to go after Google must be really well thought and coordinated otherwise they will just be passing the crown to someone else a little bit smarter.
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#20How is Google more of a Monopoly than Microsoft?
Why does it have to be more of a monopoly than Microsoft to be considered a monopoly?