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Alternatively, since Google values their illegal monopoly at $1M, can the court just pay that as damages (just in case) to the investors, skip the trial, and just break the company up?

That seems more than fair: The illegal scheme in dispute is apparently only worth $1M on Google’s side, but causing mid to high billions in externalities.

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This is kind of poetic justice. Accidental damage is one thing but Any time your whole business model relies on creating damage and then paying it off at whatever discounted rate your lawyers have negotiated for you, then you really are saying that’s the value of your company. If corporations want to play those games, we should take them at their word and let it cut both ways.