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Justice Department considering push for historic break up of Google after landmark antitrust ruling: report (nypost.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Gsus4@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Let's not make them a business. Search Engines are fundamental core services for the modern globalized and connected world. It's just like your post-office service. Make it an internationally owned and funded non-profit organization with open-source and the goal of enabling the unrestricted sharing of knowledge over the internet.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What does the creation of a multi-national state owned search engine have to do with Google? I presume nations have the resources to do that all on their own.

What would you suggest the Google search engine be allowed to do to profit as a business?

[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

There's no suggestion. There is currently no way a search engine can be a viable modern business model and a good tool at the same time. It could potentially be a good business model and a decent tool even with ads, but only in a world where we accept that things can't grow forever.