> The average person cannot realistically exist in a digital vacuum

This alone is enough to see that regulation is what is needed. It's completely crooked that the average person is forced to maintain good standing with a single particular NASDAQ corporation to participate in society. Those here who might think "it's very possible to do so without Google" are not the average person, living in an average place in an average bubble.

The solution is breaking up Google.

This remains the case even if this particular story is exaggerated.