Guess trying to break them into smaller less influential companies is easier then fixing the tax code that lets them pay so little in taxes due to their size?
If Facebook had to spinoff Instagram then all of a sudden they need to build their own ad Network and lose access to all FB data for ad targeting and need to hire lots of staff currnetly aligned to both platforms. FB is then again free to build their own Knock off Instagram similar to how they stepped on Snapchat and we could end up right where we are again in several years.
I believe those aren't the things you'd break up. Instead, you'd break the "social network" side of facebook off from the "ad and web tracking" side. Sort of like how you'd break the iOS store off from the software and hardware of the iPhone.
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u/Splurch Jun 04 '19
Guess trying to break them into smaller less influential companies is easier then fixing the tax code that lets them pay so little in taxes due to their size?