• @query@lemm.ee
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    7010 months ago

    There needs to be a legally mandated option to turn off all recommendations and tracking, and to require consent to enable it in the first place.

    • @Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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      1710 months ago

      Or the courts should force MS to split off into an os company, an online services company, an office productivity software company, and a gaming company.

      • R0cket_M00se
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        1310 months ago

        If we had an actual anti-monopoly/umbrella corporation law that would be badass.

        Hell Amazon would tank instantly, since they just operate on pumping AWS profits into their loss leader (Amazon delivery) constantly.

        • @atrielienz@lemmy.world
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          110 months ago

          So would Google to some extent. This actually sounds like a good plan. We should go back to the 90’s antitrust law. Before we made it toothless and basically unenforceable.