[booleandilemma]

They wouldn't be smaller Googles, they'd be different companies altogether, with their own practices and work cultures.

They'd have less bureaucracy, which might help them to innovate and move faster, and in different directions from each other.

[emodendroket]

In absolute terms more bureaucracy is required now because they must all duplicate administration that they can currently share.

[dannyr]

Would you rather have McDonalds and Burger King operating all restaurants instead of having millions of small restaurants?

[emodendroket]

Interesting example since I’d bet a majority of independent restaurants are sourcing the ingredients from Sysco. Anyway, restaurants, maybe not, but I usually prefer dealing with large companies because they are more reliable.