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Google is a US company but the "welfare loss" its monopoly create is on the whole (western) world and not just the US economy. That is why it won't be regulated
by throwaway4good 3y ago
Google is a US company but the "welfare loss" its monopoly create is on the whole (western) world and not just the US economy. That is why it won't be regulated out of existance.
That and national security.
- epolanski 3y agoCare to explain how is it better for "national security" that some of Google's division have to be sold/spun off into different companies? What is exactly the threat of YouTube becoming an independent company again, e.g.? The only thing I see is a loss for Google in revenue and in YouTube in the "quality" of their ads. None of this has any implication on national security.
- throwaway4good 3y agoIt is better for (US) national security that Google keeps its (global) monopoly. (Non-US) competitors to Google would hamper the US's ability to surveil and gather data globally.