Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Should we break up the Big Tech companies?
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The Big Tech companies should not be broken up

This position holds that the Big Tech companies should not be broken up. It argues their rise is a free-market success story, that their services are indispensable to consumers, that their scale benefits research and development, and that forced break-ups would be illegal.

Supporting arguments · 3

  1. Breaking up Big Tech would be illegal
    As Big Tech companies do not violate antitrust laws, any decision to break them up would be criminal.
  2. Big Tech companies have grown thanks to their products
    Big Tech companies have grown out of a healthy demand for their products.
  3. Big Tech benefits research and development
    The industry now depends on Big Tech research and development investments to propel it forward.