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Comment by klysm | Hacker News Reader

Maybe? Any regulation is very welcomed in this area

Actually not. Punishing the smaller company while allowing big company to run amok is essentially making things even worse.

> smaller company

That's a weirdly specific way to label the 5th largest public company on the planet, by market cap.

... yes, it is smaller than the 2nd largest public company.

2nd one has screwed over consumers in the past and continues to screw over consumers. Can you even buy MS office any more or do you have to rent it now? What’s with putting ads in the software you purchased?

It's not just apple, basically every company that is bigger than google is going to benefit from this. Apple, Microsoft, even Nvidia is getting their only real competitor and the biggest company that isn't dependent on them (google TPUs) kneecapped.

I look forward to running my searches through Saudi Aramco.

You joke, yet a Saudi PIF company will probably try to buy Chrome if Google is forced to sell it.

It does make one wonder if "sell Chrome" is the opening offer and "place Chrome in a multi-party foundation" might be the eventual compromise.

Weirdly selective regulation that punishes one company arbitrarily while ignoring others feels like a step in the wrong direction. We need actual laws about this, not various capricious enforcement of haphazard existing regulations.

They need wins, and once the ball starts rolling, they can shift their focus. Government departments are restricted by budget. Going after 4 behemoths at the same time is not practical.

If google gets restrictions, then it makes apple look even more monopolistic. Like a trimming the hedges

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