Google & Meta on Trial: Could Big Tech Really Be Broken Up?

"The case is in pre-trial stage and is expected to go to trial at the end of 2025 or in 2026"

"the FTC's case against Meta has no dead bodies to help back it up Microsoft cut the market leader out of its own market with clear implications for consumer choice But it'll be harder to demonstrate consumer harm done by Facebook acquiring a company it expects to emerge as a competitor in the future Indeed the case against Meta was initially thrown out by the judge based on a lack of facts and later allowed to go ahead only in a revised form The same judge also indicated to the FTC that it will be fighting an uphill battle on this one and at the moment we tend to agree We therefore think it's unlikely that this particular case will lead to a breakup of Meta"

"there have even been suggestions that Google might proactively separate its ad network Chrome and maybe even Android to preempt further legal action"

"But if a breakup does happen it likely won't be the last"

"But these cases will take years to be resolved"

"However any final remedy may not be implemented for years due to the complexity of targeting specific components of the software ecosystem that forms Google's business"

"But if a breakup does happen it likely won't be the last And if a cascade of breakups takes place it could in fact be bullish for the companies involved"

"The way things are going one of these cases could end up in the Supreme Court which should have the final word over whether presidents can in fact do this If the court says yay then Fed Chairman Jerome Powell could be toast with significant consequences for monetary policy and therefore for crypto"