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    Do Apple then Facebook. These companies have bought or stolen from so many companies. They should all be broken up they are all to big.

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      And, drumroll please, Apple and Facebook/Meta (and Google) share information back and forth about users due to long-standing agreements. Huzzah!

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    I’ll believe it when I see it.

    Everything in these kind of cases tends to be a negotiation. So if the starting point by the DOJ is “break them up”, then I imagine they are willing to settle for something much less undesirable to Alphabet.

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    Best we can hope for is they’re going to suck it so hard it tears off at the seam

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      They did Microsoft in the 90s and nothing really changed

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        Not really. Microsoft got a slap on the wrist and was told to not create a new monopoly.

        Putting Ballmer in charge was enough to do that.

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        Microsoft has acquired over 250 companies since that time. I don’t think trying in the 90s means they are good forever.

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        Hey now, Windows 11 is becoming the biggest piece of garbage operating system to ever exist. It obviously worked! /s

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    Billion dollars says they don’t