> The problem is that, IMO, centralization of the internet is simply the natural course. > I suspect that if you broke those companies up you'd only win in the

> The problem is that, IMO, centralization of the internet is simply the natural course. > I suspect that if you broke those companies up you'd only win in the short term, then it would consolidate again. The natural course of humans is to walk around on the ground too, yet we fly. Regardless of whether it takes energy to do, it's something we should obviously do anyway because the alternative is worse. Sorry for the bad analogy but "it's natural" and "hard" isn't a valid argument against doing something about something. I don't really buy your story anyway though. It assumes it was a fair fight and I simply don't think that's true in the case of the web.