Comment by echelon
3 months ago
I just want to say:
I am so sick of Google.
This is a monopoly with annual gross revenues bigger than all but 42 countries behaving this way.
They have conspired to control the web, browsers, mobile computing, and soon AI. It's sickening how much bad behavior they get away with.
They were able to use YouTube to bludgeon Windows Phone to death and become the de-facto mobile duopoly. Then they were able to get their shitty search engine on all the panes of glass, didn't care one iota about search quality (just ads), but were able to leverage their browser engine control to remove adblocking capabilities.
I hope the DOJ/FTC split Google into a dozen companies.
Sincerely.
> I hope the DOJ/FTC split Google into a dozen companies.
There's no chance of that under the current regime. It loves bribery and Google has the money to get whatever they want.
It is so weird to read comments based on a belief that the current government is aimed at some goal of justice. I guess they're just still drinking the Kool-aid?
Trump was a breath of fresh air talking about frustrations with the status quo that other politicians wouldn't acknowledge. But the only reason he was bringing them up was for use as a cudgel to shake down companies to enrich himself. He will very most certainly go after big tech monopolies and break them up... iff those big tech monopolies don't put bribes into his pocket. As long as his pockets get fatter, then the status quo is just peachy. It's called "making a deal".
> I hope the DOJ/FTC split Google into a dozen companies.
This is just such an insane thing to say. It's like a Russian posting "I really hope our DOJ/FTC splits up Lukoil into a dozen companies!". But Russians don't post that because they're actually sensible.