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Break up Google.
by akie 6y ago
Break up Google.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y agoAnd Amazon. And Microsoft. And Apple. And Netflix. And every other conglomerate...
- nightwing 6y agoAnd USA and China, they are too big and a threat to everyone else.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y agoImperialism and colonialism are the greatest threats to humanity. The actors don't matter, intentions don't matter. Actions matter. CCP and the US elite are the two worst group of actors by number in the world.
- odiroot 6y agoOne is unlike the others. You're probably looking at Facebook, Oracle. Netflix is a small fish.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y agoI'm open to discussion. My inclusion of Netflix is based upon their ownership of content and distribution, last mile excluded. Which reminds me to mention: Comcast, and co, as well as the mobile carrier companies for inclusion. I'd definitely agree that Oracle should face more scrutiny but don't know enough about their business to say much besides the fact that they're starting to look like Yahoo and IBM. Facebook is a given.
- etripe 6y agoHow do you define "last mile"? I worked at ISPs that housed Netflix storage boxes in their access layer, i.e. the last site before the cable/fibre/copper pairs went to customers' houses or mobile towers. So do you specifically mean "except the access layer" (not accurate) or "except the last mile pairs" (accurate)? I think the distinction matters when considering monopolistic behaviour, because it determines service quality (access speed, loading times, maximum throughput...)
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y agoI'll defer to the experts on a definition here. I'm trying to speak generally about the tax funded infrastructure versus the actual work of connecting to the backbone providers and providing satellite rack space. The infrastructure costs virtually nothing to maintain and is great for rent seeking monopolists to own and neglect while running a city scale network connected to the backbone requires constant maintenance and upgrades to keep up with demand and the dynamic security landscape. I guess my argument is Comcast shouldn't be they only competition for coaxial internet if they can't offer an internet only service, without discounts, for less than their cheapest regular rate off contract package.
- tolbish 6y agoDisney and Proctor & Gamble dare you to try.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y agoCan I borrow 20 billion usd in unmarked cash loaded on 737s for this?