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US government went after Microsoft for antitrust years ago, which resulted in Bill Gates leaving MS. It's time for similar action against Facebook.
by landemva 5y ago
US government went after Microsoft for antitrust years ago, which resulted in Bill Gates leaving MS. It's time for similar action against Facebook.
- smoldesu 5y ago...and Amazon, then Netflix, then Apple, and maybe Google too.
- annadane 5y agoNo. Stop it with the false equivalence. Facebook is absolutely one of the worst and they need to go after them first Edit: downvotes from shills.
- galbar 5y agoJust out of curiosity, what did Netflix do? I'm most certainly out of the loop here
- emsy 5y agoOh we‘re talking about antitrust, quick name all of FAANG!
- NoSorryCannot 5y agoI'm not aware of any egregiously anticompetitive behavior on their part and they certainly fall well short of market dominance. Disney would be a more likely, though still unlikely, lightning rod for apparently having sold their streaming service as a "loss leader" and having purchased lots and lots of copyrights and trademarks which they subsequently made exclusive, directly causing the termination of Netflix programs in some cases.
- dcveloper 5y agoIt had Dave Chappelle. So it must be canceled by any means necessary. </s>
- annadane 5y agoCorrect.
- jmspring 5y agoBill Gates "didn't leave Microsoft" as a result of anti-trust. He stepped down as CEO in 2000, but remained as Chairman for years after.