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Yes, and arguably Google has been way under-regulated for the externalities they caused to the system (one example is having adversarial bidding wars for companies over their own keywords, which is simply a rentier tax on Google advertising)

I think we're finally coming around on that (I think a lot of regulators were slow on antitrust in the internet space because the harm to the consumer/environment is not immediately obvious - i.e. it's mostly non-monetary externalities)

Same as America as a whole and offshoring to reduce labor cost. The externalities are slow but they're clearly there in the increasing polarization and the growth of the precariat.



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