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> Such a move would surely limit innovation [...] but increase competition Wouldn't increasing competition also increase innovation as more companies can actua
by capableweb 5y ago
> Such a move would surely limit innovation [...] but increase competition
Wouldn't increasing competition also increase innovation as more companies can actually enter the market with new ideas? Sure, the innovation at Google itself might go down, but that should hardly be an argument against solving their anti-competitive behavior.
- flyinglizard 5y agoThere are some things requiring capital investment at a scale that wouldn’t be feasible for a company outside the 100bn market cap club. Data centers, intercontinental data links, high end VLSI development, high end smartphone hardware and things like Waymo all come to mind. It’s more than cash alone, it’s low cost nature of their mistakes (because everything is paid for by Search anyway) that enables that.
- kwertyoowiyop 5y agoWith more companies competing, there will be more innovation overall.