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1. 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. malfist · 1790256174 · focus · HN ↗

         The US has laws against monopolies and trusts.

         1. 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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