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		PaulDavisThe1st 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How YouTube won the battle for TV viewers > Monopoly laws and taxes are punitive. In other words: they can only ever create a situation where there is fundamentally less available. The breakup of Ma Bell had its flaws, but it ABSOLUTELY created a situation where there was more available.

Spivak 5 months ago [–]

Yeah I'm not sure what the parent is getting at. The point of breaking up Google or "destroying" YouTube is to remove the entity sucking the air out of the market. The vacuum it leaves is opportunity for new entrants in a proven market.

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