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0 pointsJustsignedup4y ago0 comments

Not disagreeing with you on it. But to stop google we'd need acts of legislature from multiple countries. At best we'll see results in 5 years.

MS can't wait that long for a maybe sort of kind of. Just being practical here.

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nashashmi4y ago

I think in monopoly playbook 2.0, it’s not a monopoly if it’s free. And it’s not a monopoly if your public relations are terrific.

eli4y ago

I'd bet that we see a serious US antitrust investigation into Google within the next year. No new legislation needed.

wdn4y ago

No there won’t. The only reason why there was an anti-trust case against MSFT back in the day was because MSFT was too busy making and neglected to do political “contributions”.

Silicon Valley took noticed and now they are the top political “contributors”.

eli4y ago

$100 to charity; I'll meet you back here in a year (or less)

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0 pointsJustsignedup4y ago0 comments

Not disagreeing with you on it. But to stop google we'd need acts of legislature from multiple countries. At best we'll see results in 5 years.

MS can't wait that long for a maybe sort of kind of. Just being practical here.

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nashashmi4y ago

I think in monopoly playbook 2.0, it’s not a monopoly if it’s free. And it’s not a monopoly if your public relations are terrific.

eli4y ago

I'd bet that we see a serious US antitrust investigation into Google within the next year. No new legislation needed.

wdn4y ago

No there won’t. The only reason why there was an anti-trust case against MSFT back in the day was because MSFT was too busy making and neglected to do political “contributions”.

Silicon Valley took noticed and now they are the top political “contributors”.

eli4y ago

$100 to charity; I'll meet you back here in a year (or less)

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse