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		logifail on Nov 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brits make Amazon, Meta stop using third-party dat... > Why can’t they just let adults buy and sell the way they want to? Perhaps we should all go and (re-)read the history of Standard Oil just to refresh our memories of what it looks like if we were to let that happen? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil_Co._of_New_Jersey... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Successors_of_Standard_Oil

mcenedella on Nov 5, 2023 [–]

You’re arguing that govt action in 1911 effectively alleviated oil and gas industry influence on the economy and politics?

Why then did John D Rockefeller (correctly) advise “buy Standard Oil stock” on hearing the news? https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/20/business/us-v-microsoft-t...

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