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📢  文末扫码进裙，免费领取双语精读版 Dismantling Google is a terrible idea Despite its appeal as a political rallying cry The Economist Antitr ust 3 Oct, 2024 | 760 words | ★★★★☆ The parallels draw themselves. In 1999 America’s government prevailed in a high-profile antitrust suit against a tech giant it alleged was abusing a monopoly. The case then turned on the “power of the default” in internet browsers: Uncle Sam said Microsoft was forcing computer-makers to distribute its browser along with its Windows software. It resulted in proposals to break Microsoft up (though the firm won on appeal and remained whole). Tech-watchers could be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu. In August trustbusters scored their first major victory against big tech in a quarter of a century when Amit Mehta, a judge in the District of Columbia, ruled that Google was a monopolist in online search. Using the power of the default, he argued, Google had blocked rivals ………………………………