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There have been people making these arguments both for and against for a very long time. Even as an example, on this very site:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

I think you'll quickly lean in the opposing view after reviewing those viewpoints, because if Twitter was a utility it would have been declared one at some point in the previous 11 years.

>>riffic+(OP)
how long did it take to break up standard oil? ma bell?

>>baq+1m
What would it even mean to break up twitter? How would that work?

>>root_a+Mp
i'm just pointing out 11 years is a very short time for regulators to do anything.

>>baq+fb1
My point is that websites are fundamentally different from resources you extract from the environment and the eagerness by some to treat them as such is specious.