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		bobthepanda on June 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad te... Legally, they were "dumb pipes" until the rollback of net national neutrality laws and common carrier status for ISPs.

old-gregg on June 5, 2020 [–]

Agreed, that's why I said that game_the0ry is making some good points, monopoly for content delivery is not good (it leads to control, not just delivery).

I am just not comfortable with seeing Google as a lesser threat.

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