>On thing that it would do is force the companies to innovate themselves, knowing that they can't just acquire every innovative company that challenges their do

>On thing that it would do is force the companies to innovate themselves, knowing that they can't just acquire every innovative company that challenges their dominance. I don't know man? My reading, at least how I understand it, they wouldn't be allowed to claim that they "innovated" their way into those other markets either. I think if they are "platform utilities", they just can't do any of the other stuff period. Doesn't matter if they write the code themselves.