X-Git-Url: http://git.nikiroo.be/?p=gofetch.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=test%2Fexpected%2FSLASHDOT%2F0102640274.header;fp=test%2Fexpected%2FSLASHDOT%2F0102640274.header;h=064661733cdc0896e89fbff887e19f5f2424d34c;hp=3d5338f5eb7e8d11fa2365d813ff7c3afece2abb;hb=e818d449fee8a5397ab2f05df63bbeffc4c67dc0;hpb=a6a7ff9f2e7f42f17eaa69be2bfad201195b3eb4 diff --git a/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102640274.header b/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102640274.header index 3d5338f..0646617 100644 --- a/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102640274.header +++ b/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102640274.header @@ -2,36 +2,52 @@ i Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (BeauHD) i from the easier-said-than-done dept. i -i pgmrdlm shares a report from The Verge: Best known for coining -i the phrase "net neutrality" and his book The Master Switch: -i The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, Wu has a new book -i coming out in November called The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust -i in the New Gilded Age. In it, he argues compellingly for a -i return to aggressive antitrust enforcement in the style of -i Teddy Roosevelt, saying that Google, Facebook, Amazon, and -i other huge tech companies are a threat to democracy as they -i get bigger and bigger. "We live in America, which has a strong -i and proud tradition of breaking up companies that are too big -i for inefficient reasons," Wu told me on this week's Vergecast. -i "We need to reverse this idea that it's not an American -i tradition. We've broken up dozens of companies." "I think if -i you took a hard look at the acquisition of WhatsApp and -i Instagram, the argument that the effects of those acquisitions -i have been anticompetitive would be easy to prove for a number -i of reasons," says Wu. And breaking up the company wouldn't be -i hard, he says. "What would be the harm? You'll have three -i competitors. It's not 'Oh my god, if you get rid of WhatsApp -i and Instagram, well then the whole world's going to fall -i apart.' It would be like 'Okay, now you have some companies -i actually trying to offer you an alternative to Facebook.'" -i Breaking up Facebook (and other huge tech companies like -i Google and Amazon) could be simple under the current law, -i suggests Wu. But it could also lead to a major rethinking of -i how antitrust law should work in a world where the giant -i platform companies give their products away for free, and the -i ability for the government to restrict corporate power seems -i to be diminishing by the day. And it demands that we all think -i seriously about the conditions that create innovation. "I -i think everyone's steering way away from the monopolies, and I -i think it's hurting innovation in the tech sector," says Wu. +i [1]pgmrdlm shares a report from The Verge: +i +i > Best known for coining the phrase "net neutrality" and his +i book The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information +i Empires, Wu has a new book coming out in November called +i [2]The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age . In +i it, he argues compellingly for a return to aggressive +i antitrust enforcement in the style of Teddy Roosevelt, saying +i that Google, Facebook, Amazon, and other huge tech companies +i [3]are a threat to democracy as they get bigger and bigger . +i "We live in America, which has a strong and proud tradition of +i breaking up companies that are too big for inefficient +i reasons," Wu told me on this week's Vergecast. "We need to +i reverse this idea that it's not an American tradition. We've +i broken up dozens of companies." +i +i > +i +i > "I think if you took a hard look at the acquisition of +i WhatsApp and Instagram, the argument that the effects of those +i acquisitions have been anticompetitive would be easy to prove +i for a number of reasons," says Wu. And breaking up the company +i wouldn't be hard, he says. "What would be the harm? You'll +i have three competitors. It's not 'Oh my god, if you get rid of +i WhatsApp and Instagram, well then the whole world's going to +i fall apart.' It would be like 'Okay, now you have some +i companies actually trying to offer you an alternative to +i Facebook.'" Breaking up Facebook (and other huge tech +i companies like Google and Amazon) could be simple under the +i current law, suggests Wu. But it could also lead to a major +i rethinking of how antitrust law should work in a world where +i the giant platform companies give their products away for +i free, and the ability for the government to restrict corporate +i power seems to be diminishing by the day. And it demands that +i we all think seriously about the conditions that create +i innovation. "I think everyone's steering way away from the +i monopolies, and I think it's hurting innovation in the tech +i sector," says Wu. +i +i +i +i [1] https://slashdot.org/~pgmrdlm +i +i [2] https://www.amazon.com/Curse-Bigness-Antitrust-New-Gilded/- +i dp/0999745468 +i +i [3] https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/4/17816572/tim-wu-facebook- +i regulation-interview-curse-of-bigness-antitrust i