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... and what are the potential consequences for google? I slap on the wrist and a fine that is 0.01% of the amount of profit they made from all this?
by grecy 6y ago
... and what are the potential consequences for google? I slap on the wrist and a fine that is 0.01% of the amount of profit they made from all this?
- altdatathrow 6y agoDeregulate it into baby Googles like they did Bell so these states can capture a portion of taxes on that sweet Google corporate revenue away from California. Nothing will fundamentally change for the consumer, only who gets paid.
- _wldu 6y agoI was able to actually go and buy a telephone after the Bell break-up. Before that, it was not possible to own a telephone. You had to rent them from the phone company. So that was a pretty fundamental change.
- chrononaut 6y agoFor only a short time, until perhaps the baby Googles reform into a single company again much like most of the baby Bells. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System#Evolution_of_the_Baby_Bells https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System#Evo... [1] https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/att-breakup-spinoff.asp https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/att-breakup-spin...
- arrosenberg 6y agoDespite the reconsolidation, the Bell break up gave consumers answering machines, cheap long distance service and modems.
- root_axis 6y agoWhich company gets to keep the google.com domain?
- prepend 6y agoBreak up into multiple companies that have to bid for placement with buyers. Treble damages of undue profit paid out as taxes to states over 20 years. Forced commoditization of marketing data for sale to any other advertiser. Separation of Chrome, AdWords, Search into different companies. There’s lots of potential remedies that are really bad for Google as it stands today. Best case is probably like Microsoft’s where they spend tons of money and time, there founders leave, and they stop doing the things in the complaint.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago> Forced commoditization of marketing data for sale to any other advertiser. This would be horrible for consumer privacy.
- tomp 6y agoCommoditization doesn't need to be "make data public". Can simply make a separate company that holds the data and offers using it as a service to other companies, of which Google is one.
- prepend 6y agoYes and no. I think it will greatly reduce its value and allow for easier regulation. Part of what makes it hard to regulate, I think, is it’s unclear what actually exists and how it’s used.
- criddell 6y ago> Forced commoditization of marketing data for sale to any other advertiser. I'd rather see the data deleted. Let them start over and this time their data collection practices should be regulated.
- pmoriarty 6y agoThe people who made millions and billions from this will be laughing all the way to the bank if those are the only consequence they face.