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Wow a lot of comments in the theme of 'but what about this OTHER company acting anticompetitively'. Okay, so let's bring action against them too. The answer is

• izacus 6y ago
  The gist of it is that those other corporations cowtowed to the administration and could then got away with scummy antitrust behaviour. There doesn't seem to be any cases on the horizon for any of the others. That's the problem - some people would consider that corruption.
  • ABCLAW 6y ago
    "The gist of it is that those other corporations cowtowed to the administration and could then got away with scummy antitrust behaviour" I think the reality is simpler; antitrust enforcement in the states is laughable and historically has been more the exception than the rule. Even the golden age of robber baron breakups was a historical anomaly due to a freak accident. Having worked on a ton of competition filings, I can tell you that this isn't an administration specific issue; competition law itself has been defanged by a history of refusal to enforce.
  • woofie11 6y ago
    I think the other piece to look at is market cap. Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet/Google, Facebook, Tencent, and Alibaba are huge. I'd focus enforcement efforts on those. They're also high-growth. Of all of those, Amazon/Google/Facebook are the most antitrusty. Of those, Google is causing the most immediate anticompetitive harm (not harm in general; Facebook leads there; anticompetitive harm). It seems a natural target.