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Comment by JKCalhoun | Hacker News Reader

Breaking up Google gets worse the longer we wait.

That seems to be in support of the parent's point.

So breaking up Google would have resulted in worse outcomes for consumers 10 years ago, but it would be even worse today? Then it wouldn't have made sense to break them up 10 years ago and it would make even less sense today.

I'm not claiming there aren't any good reasons to break up Google (I don't know), but this line of argumentation doesn't work as far as I can see.

If your of the opinion that Google should not be broken up at all, ever, then your point is valid.

If you are neutral on whether Google should be broken up, and breaking up the company results in consumer harm, then breaking up the company makes no sense.

Your argument only makes sense if you start from the premise that Google should be broken up, and then try to back into an argument supporting that premise.

> If your of the opinion that Google should not be broken up at all, ever, then your point is valid.

I don't think it's a good sign that you decided to resort to baseless personal accusations in reaction to a simple request to support your baseless clams.

The question is very simple: does it still make sense to break the company today? Not a decade ago, but today. It you believe so, why?

I don't see a baseless personal accusation in my comment. It wasn't meant to be anyway. More likely I still am not following your point.

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