Can’t read it due to the paywall. But dismantling Google would be great for everyone that isn’t Google. They are, like many other large companies, basically imm

Can’t read it due to the paywall. But dismantling Google would be great for everyone that isn’t Google. They are, like many other large companies, basically immune to competition. They have strong network effects all over the place, lots of capital, and large patent portfolios that let them just copy anyone else shamelessly. The existence of these big companies distorts the idea of a competitive economy. Think about how many Google’s products have been launched and rebranded repeatedly and shut down. Could any other company, that is competing fairly, make this many mistakes? No. But Google is also bad for the world in many other ways. They control our information. Through the curation of search results, censorship or demonetization policies on YouTube, policies on their ad network, and even seemingly harmless things like fact check labels on content, they control and shape our ideas. If you take their huge reach, control over the information we consume, and recognize the massive bias present in their employee population, it’s obvious that their existence is also a risk to our political process. I haven’t even touched on the privacy issues, but they’re there. But let’s set all of this aside, because I feel like we can waste a lot of time debating details and avoid taking action. Their size is a problem in many number of ways, and the specifics don’t matter. Companies that are too big corrupt our economy, our politics, and more. Let’s fight for better laws that make it very simple to break up companies that are too big.