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Originally Posted by wizwor
I guess they could ban Google hardware. Who does any of this protect?
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The other thing about breaking up Google is that search is pretty much the only business at Google that makes a profit.
They're not like Microsoft, with multiple profitable business, or Apple with high margins guaranteeing everything makes oodles of cash. They are like Facebook, a one-trick pony trying to make money off things other than ads and mostly failing.
Forcing Google to divest search is really forcing them to close shop on everything else and start charging for Android. Which is unlikely to produce enough cash to sustain it, much less all the balloons, superbroadband, and robotics "experiments". Their best chance at a self-funding business other than search is their cloud hosting services business where they are at most a distant third behind Amazon and Microsoft, who just happen to have an ongoing price war to settle who is top dog. And there are plenty of challengers for thst third place slot including the unholy alliance of IBM and Apple.
Maybe they think that with no side businesses to fritter ad revenue on, Google won't mind giving it away to EU legacy media.
