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>>topshe+(OP)
If this isn't the straw that breaks the camel's back, there is never going to be one.

Google needs to be broken up.

They own the browser market. They own the web (through Adwords). They own Search. They own mobile. They own most of the video sharing market with 2.5 billion monthly annual users. They own a good chunk of email with 1.2 billion monthly annual users.

They have amassed an incomprehensible amount of power and influence over humanity and they have proven repeatedly that they are willing to use that power to the detriment of humanity and to entrench themselves further.

Google needs to be broken up.

>>mozbal+O4
> Google needs to be broken up.

To make it explicit: the only way this happens is by Americans voting for it. The FTC has been more active on anti-trust issues in the past two years than at any time in the past 30. That's a direct result of the 2020 election. Elections matter.

>>coldpi+Hb
>The FTC has been more active on anti-trust issues in the past two years than at any time in the past 30.... That's a direct result of the 2020 election.

Active against Google though? Remember, Google can help a certain political party in tough times (e.g. rollout of healthcare.gov).

>>yyyk+sg
So can Microsoft and Amazon, surely? Yet they're getting a lot of scrutiny from the FTC right now.

>>coldpi+hh
Wake me up with they actually do something instead of making announcements of looking into the possibility of perhaps one day sending a strongly worded letter asking their tech buddies to calm down a little bit, if they're so inclined. Until then, this is campaign fodder and nothing else.

>>Mounta+5i
Okay, here's your alarm clock going off:

"FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/ftc-rewrites-rul...

"FTC prepares “the big one,” a major lawsuit targeting Amazon’s core business"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-prepares-the...

"The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon today, claiming the online giant violated US law by tricking consumers into signing up for the $14.99-per-month Amazon Prime subscription service and making it annoyingly difficult to cancel."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-sues-amazon-...

"FTC files to block Microsoft’s $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition"

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/report-ftc-will-file-...

"A Federal Trade Commission lawsuit filed yesterday accused Ring, the home security camera company owned by Amazon, of invading users' privacy"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-amazon-ring-...

"Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle an FTC complaint that its Xbox platform illegally collected and retained information about children without their parents' consent"

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/xbox-coppa-violations...

And that's all just from one news source, in the last three months.