Google’s trapped.
The search giant finds itself faced with mounting calls to better protect users’ data. But by doing ‘the right thing’—placating those privacy concerns—it could expose itself to similarly vociferous calls for it to be broken up under antitrust rules.
One half of the digital duopoly has to choose whether it wants to cut off its hand or chop off its leg in order to survive. No matter which path Google goes down, it comes out different, if not weaker than when it started.
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