I've been practicing my arguments in front of a Camera all morning so I'm going to try and abbreviate as much as a I can here.
We have three different forms of monopolies we're looking at in the Tech Sector
Digital Monopolies
Physical Monopolies
and
Hybrids of the Two other Monopolies.
Facebook and Google are Digital Monopolies.
Amazon a Hybrid
And Apple and Walmart Physical Monopolies.
So, how do we break them op.
Starting from a top down we have to disassemble and the reassemble to avoid causing entire economic collapses.
First we have to break up these Monopolies and then rather than paying out massive fines and those sorts of things we impose "Public Service" on the companies. Much like low level offenders are tasked with cleaning up garbage and things each company would be assigned a public service.
Facebook.
and
Hybrids of the Two other Monopolies.
Facebook and Google are Digital Monopolies.
Amazon a Hybrid
And Apple and Walmart Physical Monopolies.
So, how do we break them op.
Starting from a top down we have to disassemble and the reassemble to avoid causing entire economic collapses.
First we have to break up these Monopolies and then rather than paying out massive fines and those sorts of things we impose "Public Service" on the companies. Much like low level offenders are tasked with cleaning up garbage and things each company would be assigned a public service.
Facebook.
Would stay, essentially, untouched.
Public Service : Account Verification for public access services such as voting and census data.
Removal of Instagram - Instagram being given the task of Arts/Entertainment industry verification of professionals for posting in/on sites like I.M.D.B
Public Service : Account Verification for public access services such as voting and census data.
Removal of Instagram - Instagram being given the task of Arts/Entertainment industry verification of professionals for posting in/on sites like I.M.D.B
Removal of What's App - To be maintained as secure messaging service.
Removal of Oculus -
Google.(alphabet)
Would continue to act as a secure search engine and data storage offering.
Public Service - Mapping and Commerce Traffic and Verification.
Public Service - Mapping and Commerce Traffic and Verification.
Removal of Youtube : Youtube to be given to Public Broadcasting Services for management and acting as a content hub and subscription management service for Arts, Educational, and News services.
Restructuring : Removal of Ad based services from all content with the exclusion of search service, relegating ad content to side bars and only presented in relevant searches at user request. (i.e. shopping and art searches)
Restructuring : Removal of Ad based services from all content with the exclusion of search service, relegating ad content to side bars and only presented in relevant searches at user request. (i.e. shopping and art searches)
Amazon : (Amazon Marketplace and Shipping)
Public Service : Small business and shipper verification before entry into digital market.
Removal Amazon Studios and Kindle programs and IMDB from parent company.
Amazon Basics offerings requiring Amazon Prime business or student status to access.
International Companies requiring U.S. customs registration before marketing.
Sellers requiring third Party registration and Registration with U.S.P.S for shipping physical products.
Apple :
Public Service : Security Devices for travel and vehicle operation verification
Public Service : Security Devices for travel and vehicle operation verification
Removal and selloff of Entertainment content offerings through apple marketplace. (i.e. streaming and gaming services)
Requirement to Hardware and Firmware only.
Requirement to Hardware and Firmware only.
Walmart -
Requirement of Wage Standardization and/or Unionization.
To offer no less than Median Income to lowest paid employees.
As of 12-11-2020.
Full Time Employees - $1,115 a week Salary or cumulative of 40 hours.
Part Time employees - $557 a week in Salary or Cumulative of 20 hours.
Salaried Employees can not be required to work more than
50 hours in a week or cumulative of 190 hours in a Month full time
50 hours in a week or cumulative of 190 hours in a Month full time
30 hours a week or 100 hours in a month.
Seasonal / Contract / New Hires under Sixty Days
Seasonal / Contract / New Hires under Sixty Days
Minimum of $15 an hour.
Divestiture from real-estate, financial, and insurance services owned and operated by Walmart Inc.
Requirement that Private Label brands be relegated to Sams Club or direct to business/educational/non-profit sales only.
Some, especially investors and share holders, will view some of these cuts/restructuring as incredibly drastic.
And this is untrue.
However all of the above companies have been found to have built much of their current wealth and holdings through monopolization.
Also, their company structures and focus are designed for exponential growth in a marketplace that has a finite size, and the larger each of these companies grows they create less space for their competitors and startup/small businesses to thrive in.
By having the largest companies in their respective fields checked by divesting in markets outside of their specialty and offering a truly competitive compensation rate in their fields it will allow smaller competitors space to grow and work while at the same time attracting a better developed and specialized workforce to their companies needs and prevent the
Wage and Employment Stagnation / (Walmart)
Crossover between software and hardware security (google/apple) that creates many of the security issues that have plagued much of modern Tech concerns on the user end.
The disruption of physical and small businesses development (Amazon),
And the spread of misinformation from unverified sources (Facebook)
Arguably, outside of the entertainment offerings of Google(alphabet) and Apple these two companies do not actually have monopolies in the classic sense, appear to from a U.S. physical economy stand point and were brought into the tech lawsuit by individuals that do not fully understand the tech sector and would be easily solved by requiring apple to use 3rd party developers for their software(not firmware) while conversely requiring Google to use 3rd party developers for their hardware.
And this is untrue.
However all of the above companies have been found to have built much of their current wealth and holdings through monopolization.
Also, their company structures and focus are designed for exponential growth in a marketplace that has a finite size, and the larger each of these companies grows they create less space for their competitors and startup/small businesses to thrive in.
By having the largest companies in their respective fields checked by divesting in markets outside of their specialty and offering a truly competitive compensation rate in their fields it will allow smaller competitors space to grow and work while at the same time attracting a better developed and specialized workforce to their companies needs and prevent the
Wage and Employment Stagnation / (Walmart)
Crossover between software and hardware security (google/apple) that creates many of the security issues that have plagued much of modern Tech concerns on the user end.
The disruption of physical and small businesses development (Amazon),
And the spread of misinformation from unverified sources (Facebook)
Arguably, outside of the entertainment offerings of Google(alphabet) and Apple these two companies do not actually have monopolies in the classic sense, appear to from a U.S. physical economy stand point and were brought into the tech lawsuit by individuals that do not fully understand the tech sector and would be easily solved by requiring apple to use 3rd party developers for their software(not firmware) while conversely requiring Google to use 3rd party developers for their hardware.
While fixing the supply side bottlenecks created by Amazon and Walmart is simply relegating their first party products only to subscription basis and qualifying organizations, even though the Walmart case is separate based on their labor practices their use of first party product lines has facilitated much of that expansion and labor manipulation by undercutting their competition in cost the highest consumed commodities and creating waste disposal issues by doing so.
On the Facebook front it is simply recognizing the full socio-economic and geopolitical impacts that social media has come to have over the past thirty years and fully integrating it into the governments that it has come to impact.
One other note concerning the tech sector that I feels should be addressed, and that is Wikipedia.
Wikipedia has become the modern day "Britannica" and should be recognized as such. And a U.N. proposal for funding it should be brought forward to insure operating costs and impartial/objective curation of it's content. Such a valuable tool to the world over should have world wide support.
Stay Safe out there.
On the Facebook front it is simply recognizing the full socio-economic and geopolitical impacts that social media has come to have over the past thirty years and fully integrating it into the governments that it has come to impact.
One other note concerning the tech sector that I feels should be addressed, and that is Wikipedia.
Wikipedia has become the modern day "Britannica" and should be recognized as such. And a U.N. proposal for funding it should be brought forward to insure operating costs and impartial/objective curation of it's content. Such a valuable tool to the world over should have world wide support.
Stay Safe out there.
