Breaking up big tech monopolies

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<Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon>

Almost posted this article in the thread about Facebook's "data breach", but thought it might get lost in debating privacy, ToS, or even psychographic models of propaganda.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a15895746/bust-big-tech-silicon-valley/

Silicon Valley’s Tax-Avoiding, Job-Killing, Soul-Sucking Machine


Interesting concept -- to treat GAFA as modern-day monopolies that need to be broken up because they're concentrating market power, and destroying market competition. Not sure if I agree with his ultimate conclusion, but I was impressed by the research and data. The EU seems to be way ahead of the US in the way it regulates these new industries in the internet space. www shouldn't mean Wild Wild West