Perhaps it is time to split up companies - FB + WhatsApp, Google + YouTube, Microsoft + LinkedIn and add your own little favorite here. If the tech sector tend

Perhaps it is time to split up companies - FB + WhatsApp, Google + YouTube, Microsoft + LinkedIn and add your own little favorite here. If the tech sector tends to move towards natural monopolies and cannot generate its own competition, the competition has to be foisted on it. It is a better alternative than the consolidation of so much power into the hands of such a small group of people. Although, frankly speaking, it is probably a bit too late. At this rate, large tech companies generally, and the megacorps in particular, are probably going to have a "Let them eat cake" [1] moment over the coming months, and the consequences will be worse than the mere breakup into smaller entities. [1] I have heard that it is an invented anecdote. Necessity is the mother of invention, and there has been a clear need to express how out of touch certain groups of society can become sometimes. Cue the ostrich-like response of company employees to genuinely troubling complaints against privacy issues on these forums.