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Why is this getting so many down votes? At the very least, we need to break Comcast into content producer and content distributor (ISP).
by JustSomeNobody 11y ago
Why is this getting so many down votes?
At the very least, we need to break Comcast into content producer and content distributor (ISP).
- nitrogen 11y agoAbsolutely. Vertical integration can be a great way for businesses and consumers to save money on overhead, but it doesn't work like that for natural monopolies, and should not be tolerates for businesses that are gatekeepers to our intellectual interaction with the world (news, educational media, Internet)
- mjevans 11y agoGatekeepers to /common culture/.
- rhino369 11y ago>At the very least, we need to break Comcast into content producer and content distributor (ISP). Sure, we should break up Apple into software and hardware, maybe even content too. And google into search and service. Vertical monopoly is just another world for efficient.
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoNot sure why Apple would need to be broken into HW and SW. Not following that argument. As for Google, there are arguments to be made that, sure, they should be broken up so their search is separate. (Maybe Alphabet was a preemption?)
- curiouscat321 11y agoIs there not a chance they're planning on doing this themselves? They spent all that money on the Xfinity rebrand. At this point, Comcast is essentially Xfinity + NBCUniversal.
- oddevan 11y agoTotally. Would not surprise me if, in a few years, Xfinity is spun off similar to Time Warner Cable.