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Hopefully it actually happens, in a way that's positive for people.

Maybe Google will even be forced to provide the dreaded "Customer Support" (of reasonable standard) for all of their products and services too. :D

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If that's all that happens, it'll be a loss for consumers. A hefty cash fine will make shareholders pay attention.

Surely you can’t be serious.

I think it's unclear what the results would be. For instance, and I honestly don't know, if gmail was split out would it still be able to be free? Or would they start charging for it?

Google workspace is expensive and a big money maker on any scale - except compared to the Google ad machine. This would be a very successful independent business and killing free gmail would not necessarily be a bad move.

Having to hire actual people for Customer Service and treat the whole thing like a business might be a novel concept for them, but they should be able to manage it. :)

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