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Meta takes down a critical video about meta AI Glasses after filming at Meta

632 points · 395 comments · pieterr

jimbo456 · 1790253899 · focus · HN ↗
We need to move beyond just banning these glasses - all smart glasses of all kinds - to breaking up these companies. Undo the acquisitions of Insta and Whatsapp - I don't care that will be expensive, thats a shareholders problem.
1. schnebbau · 1790255754 · focus · HN ↗
  > Undo the acquisitions of Insta and Whatsapp - I don't care that will be expensive, thats a shareholders problem.
  Yikes. I thought this was America.
  1. Insanity · 1790255944 · focus · HN ↗
    That sounds like “we’ve always done things this way and therefore will continue doing things this way”.
    Which is a great mindset if you want to ignore new information and avoid improving the status quo.
  2. malfist · 1790256174 · focus · HN ↗
    The US has laws against monopolies and trusts.
    smallmancontrov · 1790258539 · focus · HN ↗
    Those laws have been nerfed since the Ronald Reagan / Robert Bork / Consumer Welfare Standard takeover. We should un-nerf the anti-trust laws.
    Sindisil · 1790259051 · focus · HN ↗
    Yep, and heck, on occasion we even enforce them.
    When we do, it can be pretty effective.
    I just wish we did so more frequently, and, more importantly, that the consumer welfare principle hadn't emerged as the prevalent antitrust standard.

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