• @flop_leash_973
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    23 hours ago

    I’ll believe it when I see it.

    Everything in these kind of cases tends to be a negotiation. So if the starting point by the DOJ is “break them up”, then I imagine they are willing to settle for something much less undesirable to Alphabet.

  • @[email protected]
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    55 hours ago

    Do Apple then Facebook. These companies have bought or stolen from so many companies. They should all be broken up they are all to big.

    • @[email protected]
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      14 hours ago

      And, drumroll please, Apple and Facebook/Meta (and Google) share information back and forth about users due to long-standing agreements. Huzzah!

    • @Breadhax0r
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      2315 hours ago

      They did Microsoft in the 90s and nothing really changed

      • @[email protected]
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        24 hours ago

        Hey now, Windows 11 is becoming the biggest piece of garbage operating system to ever exist. It obviously worked! /s

      • @RedditWanderer
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        66 hours ago

        Microsoft has acquired over 250 companies since that time. I don’t think trying in the 90s means they are good forever.

      • HobbitFoot
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        10 hours ago

        Not really. Microsoft got a slap on the wrist and was told to not create a new monopoly.

        Putting Ballmer in charge was enough to do that.

  • @njm1314
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    Billion dollars says they don’t