Google happily removed all their diversity programs and donated $1 million to a fascist, all for it to have absolutely _no_ effect on their DOJ antitrust case

Hope Tim is watching! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/07/google-doj-chrome-anthropic-break-up/

Trump DOJ reaffirms Biden-era proposal to break up Google

The government is asking a court to force Google to sell its Chrome web browser after the company was found to have an illegal monopoly in search.

The Washington Post
@rileytestut the last thing I want in a fascist dictatorship is an intact Google

Google Today, the IBM of Yesterday

Google's mission of organizing the world's information can easily be transformed into organizing the world's people. As Google continues to expand its reach through various platforms and services, it increasingly influences how individuals connect, communicate, and collaborate.

This immense power, if left unchecked, could be exploited by authoritarian regimes to control and manipulate populations. To safeguard our freedoms and privacy, it is crucial to implement robust regulations and consider breaking up monopolistic tech giants like Google.

By doing so, we can ensure that these technologies serve humanity positively rather than becoming tools of oppression.

@rileytestut I'll give you three guesses who will be in the running to buy Chrome, and thus the world's internet portal šŸ˜› We are in the darkest timeline, after all…
@stroughtonsmith can’t wait for the ā€œa web browser is like a game consoleā€ arguments
@rileytestut yeah where's the 'Google should just leave America’ posts? I'm waiting
@stroughtonsmith @rileytestut Nope, they will be forced to spinoff Android
@stroughtonsmith @rileytestut I can’t wait for the dystopian future where I can use X on my X to browse X so I can peruse all that sweet sweet xxx.

@stroughtonsmith @rileytestut
my three guesses:
1. meta inc.
2. amazon
3. x.com

bonus guesses:
4. apple inc.
5. microsoft.

@stroughtonsmith @rileytestut Yikes, that’s a scary thought. 😱
And unfortunately I think exactly right. There is no money to be made with Chrome, but so much influence to be gained by someone sufficiently unscrupulous.
@rileytestut ā€œWe never thought the weasels would rip our facesā€ said the company that supported the weasels ripping people’s faces off party.
@gdsk3k hah your avatar is perfectly appropriate
@rileytestut there’s a reason Captain Hindsight has been my avatar the last 11 years.
@rileytestut One million would have been too small of a bribe at any rate.
@rileytestut When they’re done destroying US democracy, Google, Apple, etc. all have to do whatever Trump says or there will be consequences.
@rileytestut
Maybe if Google wasn’t such a cheap chickenshit outfit, and donated say $250 million, DOJ would have changed their minds.
@rileytestut don't worry they will travel to south florida and give him personally some money and everything will be ok

@rileytestut

A good daily hack of their front page picture with red hats & swastikas ?

I agree, that could be a good start.

@rileytestut The lesson for everyone is COLLABORATION WON'T MAKE YOU SAFE!

@rileytestut
alphabet inc is cooked, way or another. even if alphabet inc is dismantled to pieces, i don't trust the company anyway. they have already bootlicked orange shoes.

btw, what about android and aosp !?

rhetorical question:
do you carry google account in your pocket or handbag 24/7 !?

@rileytestut lmaoooooo i love this for sundar