How? Sorry to snap but I am sick of seeing "they are monopolies break them up" from a tortured definition of monopoly mindlessly chanted towards Google and Amazon while massive black hole olf media conglomerates like Comcast, Disney, and Sinclair Media and their ilk walk by whistling.
There is no explanation of the harm, no plan for division, how subentities could be viable in competition, just gaped mouthed sloganeering. All of the virtual and real ink spilled and not even a bad plan. It is like Brexit all over again but with even less of a plan all over again - "just do it and trust us to come up with a plan latter and ignore our transparently terrible motivations!".
I see Facebook as a net negative to society. If a clumsy breakup plan instead destroyed them entirely... good.
It absolutely does make it easy for me to propose plans to break them up as a result, yes, because no, I'm not worried about how the parts may be viable afterwards.
I will admit this is not necessarily an appropriate attitude for a bureaucrat in charge of the breakup to take, but it's a valid attitude for Congress to take.
Companies should automatically be flagged for a breakup audit once they hit a certain revenue number. A thriving ecosystem of smaller entities is much better for everyone.
That sounds like an unnecessary accounting headache that leads to a nominal company for every new iPhone would fail to lead to true competition's virtures.
Remember these aren't some game company AIs or subservient robots - they engineer loopholes to protect their interests. Expect Hollywood accounting but even worse.
Instead of having one Facebook abusing people's privacy, we get 5 Facebooks that do so. Breaking up a company does not ditectly address the issue of its conduct.
Nasrudith|6 years ago
There is no explanation of the harm, no plan for division, how subentities could be viable in competition, just gaped mouthed sloganeering. All of the virtual and real ink spilled and not even a bad plan. It is like Brexit all over again but with even less of a plan all over again - "just do it and trust us to come up with a plan latter and ignore our transparently terrible motivations!".
jerf|6 years ago
It absolutely does make it easy for me to propose plans to break them up as a result, yes, because no, I'm not worried about how the parts may be viable afterwards.
I will admit this is not necessarily an appropriate attitude for a bureaucrat in charge of the breakup to take, but it's a valid attitude for Congress to take.
m3rc|6 years ago
rorykoehler|6 years ago
RealityVoid|6 years ago
Imagine having an Intel broken up, for example.
Nasrudith|6 years ago
Remember these aren't some game company AIs or subservient robots - they engineer loopholes to protect their interests. Expect Hollywood accounting but even worse.
curiousgal|6 years ago
m3rc|6 years ago