NewYorkRush@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoWhat would be the long-term impact on the internet and society if Google were to completely fail?lemmy.caimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1imageWhat would be the long-term impact on the internet and society if Google were to completely fail?lemmy.caNewYorkRush@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareDeemo@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSecond question would the US gov consider google “to big to fail” and just inject a ton of money to restore it (or give enought time to break it up)? Kinda curious 😉
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThey absolutely would be bailed out. No question.
minus-square14th_cylon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoit is far more likely that when the time comes google will buy us government, than the other way around :D this headline was making rounds in 2011 Apple now has more cash than the U.S. government http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/07/29/apple.cash.government/index.html according to this, alphabet has over 100b of cashcash reserve. i don’t think they are going bankrupt anytime soon https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GOOGL/alphabet/cash-on-hand
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoBuying the government is so easy. You can get a politician in your pocket for a only few grand.
minus-squareRentlar@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI wonder how much the Federal Reserve printer costs. Asking for a friend that wants to make an infinite % return on investment.
Second question would the US gov consider google “to big to fail” and just inject a ton of money to restore it (or give enought time to break it up)?
Kinda curious 😉
They absolutely would be bailed out. No question.
it is far more likely that when the time comes google will buy us government, than the other way around :D
this headline was making rounds in 2011
Apple now has more cash than the U.S. government
according to this, alphabet has over 100b of cashcash reserve. i don’t think they are going bankrupt anytime soon
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Buying the government is so easy. You can get a politician in your pocket for a only few grand.
I wonder how much the Federal Reserve printer costs.
Asking for a friend that wants to make an infinite % return on investment.
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