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> You can't separate Doubleclick/Ads business of Alphabet into its own company in a good faith anti-trust breakup of the conglomerate Yes you can. > most of t
by inetknght 6y ago
> You can't separate Doubleclick/Ads business of Alphabet into its own company in a good faith anti-trust breakup of the conglomerate
Yes you can.
> most of the other facets would likely tank within 18 months without (specifically, the ones dependent on ad revenue to remain solvent).
Business models don't have a right to exist just because they "work" for the moment.
> You'd have breakup the ads business and give a piece to various resulting companies, otherwise most offshoots wouldn't have a viable positive revenue model to save themselves from immediate financial collapse.
I think there's an argument to be made that anything that "must" exist could be paid for by taxes (and likewise open sourced and publicly owned). However, I honestly don't see much of Google's business model that "must" exist. Not Gmail, not Meet, and certainly not Ads. Possibly Chrome.
- dodobirdlord 6y agoSure, you want the government to step in and outlaw Google. That’s doesn’t have much to do with the topic of an anti-trust breakup and is exactly what the parent meant when they said the proposal is not in good faith.
- inetknght 6y ago> Sure, you want the government to step in and outlaw Google. No. I want the government to step in and break up Google into distinct business units. That doesn't mean outlawing Google at all.