Would it make the internet better? Probably.

  • @interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml
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    58 months ago

    You’d think they’d have more sophisticated remedies than cutting it up. Which won’t improve anything, won’t change the incentives and will eventually put us right back where we started.

    I mean duck manifest v3, but the government abdicated their responsibility for 50 years and now they think they’re going to save us with solutions from 1930 ? Do better you ducks !

      • AlexanderESmith
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        18 months ago

        lol, yeah it sure worked on Microsoft.

        Oh wait, they just spent the next 20 years re-consolidating.

        • @Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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          38 months ago

          So it broke their monopoly for 20 years? That’s…a lot. Imagine if we had a consistently not corrupt DOJ for 20 years.

          • AlexanderESmith
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            18 months ago

            #whoosh

            See that? It was the point you missed.

            The solution isn’t (just) breaking up the monopolies. It’s making it impossible for them to form in the first place.

            • @Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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              18 months ago

              The only thing that would prevent that is the complete end of capitalism. So you’re saying there can be no good things at all, no material increase in standard of living, no wins, nothing, until capitalism is completely replaced?

              • AlexanderESmith
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                18 months ago

                No, you just need to regulate who can merge with who, and when, and why. And not accept bullshit answers from executives.

                You’re just moving the goal-posts because you know you don’t have an actual argument.