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Companies should automatically be flagged for a breakup audit once they hit a certain revenue number. A thriving ecosystem of smaller entities is much better for everyone.



I am unconvinced by this. There are economies of scale that you're denying yourself by acting like so.

Imagine having an Intel broken up, for example.


I said audit. Not straight away splitting them up. The audit should assess if the monopoly is a bigger destruction of value than the economy of scale is a production of value from the perspective of society.


Split fab off from design, and you have two major players in a configuration like AMD/TSMC. They seem to be doing quite well, and I don't see why the intel fragments couldn't compete


That sounds like an unnecessary accounting headache that leads to a nominal company for every new iPhone would fail to lead to true competition's virtures.

Remember these aren't some game company AIs or subservient robots - they engineer loopholes to protect their interests. Expect Hollywood accounting but even worse.


Hollywood accounting to fly under the radar would hurt the share price. Double edged sword.




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