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by neon_electro 1245 days ago
Maybe Google can keep the ads and divest the products? It's a great hypothetical question you ask that I'd love to see more discussion of.
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Google's ad space is far more valuable than its cut in ads, I'm pretty sure.

But in any case if it's anything like the breakup of Ma Bell, stockholders would wind up with separate shares of both 1) the products and 2) the ads. Which one calls itself "Google" is just branding. (Although obviously the search engine would keep the brand.)