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I'm pretty sure that Facebook won't do anything until they finish integrating the Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp backends so that any future antitrust action won't

by gman83 6y ago

I'm pretty sure that Facebook won't do anything until they finish integrating the Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp backends so that any future antitrust action won't be able to split up the company. They just need to postpone.

OldManAndTheCpp 6y ago
Do unified backends mean that the government can't enforce antitrust action? That would be quite the loophole.
- awinder 6y ago
  No lmao, the US has enforced monopoly breakups of companies with much larger physical barriers, and honestly much more real-world dependency/impact
- lecanucker 6y ago
  "See, it's really just one <thing>! and with our unified TOS, it's just one service with 3 different ways to consume it!" ...Facebook, probably.
- barbecue_sauce 6y ago
  Yeah, not sure why that would be pertinent. "You can't split us up! Our backends are unified!" "Un-unify your backend." "...oh."
paxys 6y ago
Yes, members of Congress are totally going over Facebook backend architecture when deciding whether to enforce antitrust action.