[jjani]

And this is exactly why they need to be broken up. If that offering was their core service, you can bet it would be the priority of the middle managers.

[rkomorn]

I'm personally unconvinced that smaller companies put out better products, and that breaking up google would raise the bar either at the new entities, or at the competition.

The integration between Google products is definitely one of the things that keeps me with them.

I've seen more than a few companies that are no better at their core service than the giants.

[jjani]

On average, they sure put out better customer service than the likes of Google and Meta.

[rkomorn]

I'm not sure "better customer service for an equally bad product" is what really moves the needle for me.

[ponector]

How smaller company will have other incentive for middle managers?

Small companies I've been working in are sometimes even worse.

Web app which takes 10+ sec to fully load? That's ok, focus on the new features!

[jjani]

> Web app which takes 10+ sec to fully load? That's ok, focus on the new features!

This web app wouldn't survive unless it already had backing of the Microsoft level or did offer immense unique value to its users.

[ponector]

It's rather lack of choice. You are going to use app of your utilities provider no matter how crappy it is.

[endtime]

I wish Google weren't like this, but I don't agree it should be illegal.