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No way this happens in the next decade. This is something that will take the government a decade-plus to resolve. Just look at how long it took the government t
by jarjoura 3y ago
No way this happens in the next decade. This is something that will take the government a decade-plus to resolve. Just look at how long it took the government to break up AT&T.
We look at Microsoft and Internet Explorer as some kind of fast victory, and sure it was a gross monopolistic practice. However, Microsoft willingly caved due to Bill Gates personal embarrassment in the court room.
However, Amazon's entire business model works because it is or needs to be a monopoly. If they have to break up and share the pie, it will be devastating and so no way they don't fight and hold things up in courts.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoWait. Are we calling the Microsoft thing from 1999 some kind of victory now?
- justinclift 3y agoWhat would you call it?
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoAbsolute defeat with no possibility to fight the battle again, leading to 20 years of technology stagnation and quite possibly to even worse villains (Google, etc)?
- danaris 3y agoWorse: snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, because a new administration came in that was actively hostile to the basic idea of antitrust.