[elforce002]

While we're at it, we need to break Microsoft and Amazon asap. I don't know how Microsoft is not up for discussion when it's a behemoth (GitHub, LinkedIn, Azure, Windows, Office, etc.). The same applies for Amazon.

[Someone]

> I don't know how Microsoft is not up for discussion when it's a behemoth

Because we think interfering with the free market is necessary when a company misuses market power, not solely when it is a behemoth.

[tyree731]

But Microsoft has misused their market power plenty of times, such as when they bundled Microsoft Teams with their enterprise contract at zero cost, destroying Slack's market value overnight.

[dmonitor]

Let’s be real: Windows is practically a monopoly. They use it to push their online services in ridiculous ways. I doubt >10% of the current Edge userbase is through conscious decision. Teams obviously cannot compete on its own terms with any competitors, its prevalence only comes from being part of Microsoft’s all in one office suite package that no individual company can compete with.

[jszymborski]

Public companies exist to enrich shareholders. If you are in a position to abuse your market power, you're sorta obligated to.

[zifpanachr23]

Speak for yourself. "We" didn't agree to anything.

[lmpdev]

That’s not my understanding

The Gilded Age Trusts were brought down regardless as to whether they misused their power. It wasn’t just oil.

Monopolies are like a positive feedback loop which causes the market to diverge into a barely functional state

It doesn’t matter if they abused their market position, monopolies are to be corrected, mens rea present or not

[FMecha]

They tried to do this in 2000/2001, but it didn't result in a breakup.

[epolanski]

GitHub isn't making me use Azure, Azure isn't making me use Office, Teams isn't making me use Bing.

See the point here? All of Google pieces are a giant machine to collude in the same direction: their ad engine.

[dekhn]

How does Google Cloud (I mean GCP, not Workspace) fit in to that idea?

It's not particularly bundled to the ad engine.