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Would it make the internet better? Probably.

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[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You'd think they'd have more sophisticated remedies than cutting it up. Which won't improve anything, won't change the incentives and will eventually put us right back where we started.

I mean duck manifest v3, but the government abdicated their responsibility for 50 years and now they think they're going to save us with solutions from 1930 ? Do better you ducks !

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You think breaking up a monopoly won't do anything? What?

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In the long term, no. It’s a temporary measure. It’s like fighting against entropy.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Jesus Christ what a pathetic outlook.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

In countries where monopolies are forbidden, internet costs about €20 per month

I'm guessing OP is paying about $80 lol

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s a Red Queen’s Race.

Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else—if you run very fast for a long time, as we've been doing."

"A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well the important thing is to make sure everyone knows it's impossible to make any sort of positive change, ever.

Clowns lol

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Whoever said anything about that? You can make positive changes, just don’t expect them to be permanent. Nothing is permanent. That’s life! Eventually we all die.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

If you have a competent anti-monopolistic government, you can make positive change faster than the market makes negative change.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

This defeatist attitude is immature and unnecessary. Please refrain from posting such negative comments in the future.

[–] AlexanderESmith@social.alexanderesmith.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lol, yeah it sure worked on Microsoft.

Oh wait, they just spent the next 20 years re-consolidating.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So it broke their monopoly for 20 years? That's...a lot. Imagine if we had a consistently not corrupt DOJ for 20 years.

[–] AlexanderESmith@social.alexanderesmith.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

#whoosh

See that? It was the point you missed.

The solution isn't (just) breaking up the monopolies. It's making it impossible for them to form in the first place.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only thing that would prevent that is the complete end of capitalism. So you're saying there can be no good things at all, no material increase in standard of living, no wins, nothing, until capitalism is completely replaced?

[–] AlexanderESmith@social.alexanderesmith.com 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, you just need to regulate who can merge with who, and when, and why. And not accept bullshit answers from executives.

You're just moving the goal-posts because you know you don't have an actual argument.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

Mergers are far from the only way to create a monopoly.