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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 89 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Sell it to whom? I’d rather they have to spin it back off into its own company.

Same with WhatsApp. They should never have been allowed to buy either.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I kind of expect Google and Meta to 69 each other. Google takes over Insta, Meta takes over Chrome.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a terrible deal for google

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Never mind Google what about the general public

[–] iii@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What about the general public?

[–] stray@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The idea is to break up these corporations, not just have them trade assets.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Welcome to 'murica, where laws only apply if you're poor and/or an immigrant

[–] Sarcophagus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Sell it to someone who can't run it who sells it again to someone who can't run it who sells all the information to someone who owned it originally which devalues the company so it gets sold back to the people who sold it because they knew this would happen

[–] stray@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Fucking Aquaman, that's an important part of the quote