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I think something very different needs to happen. Commodity monopolies are different than platform monopolies. Additionally, I can't think of an example where a
by zjaffee 8y ago
I think something very different needs to happen. Commodity monopolies are different than platform monopolies. Additionally, I can't think of an example where any retail monopoly has been broken up.
I am still unsure if breaking these companies up in a vertical way would actually result in any benefit to the public.
- njarboe 8y agoThe old AT&T I think would count as retail.
- reaperducer 8y agoIIRC, AT&T asked to be broken up so that it could get into the computer business.