@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 14 hours agoA Google breakup is on the table, say DOJ lawyerswww.theverge.commessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1388file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish38•13 hours agoYears ago a Microsoft breakup was also once on the table, but it never happened. I wouldn’t get too excited that regulators will follow through with this for Google either.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-25 hours agoSpecifically, it didn’t happen because the supreme court made Bush Jr president and he killed it
minus-squareBilliamlinkfedilinkEnglish10•8 hours agoLet us also not forget the Ma Bell breakup and what happened thereafter.
minus-squareBilliamlinkfedilinkEnglish12•5 hours agoLet’s just say, the telcos didn’t like being away from each other.
Years ago a Microsoft breakup was also once on the table, but it never happened.
I wouldn’t get too excited that regulators will follow through with this for Google either.
Specifically, it didn’t happen because the supreme court made Bush Jr president and he killed it
Let us also not forget the Ma Bell breakup and what happened thereafter.
“Somehow… Ma Bell returned.”
Tell us the story, Grandpa!
Let’s just say, the telcos didn’t like being away from each other.