BAES 97: Google Breakup: The internet is about to change

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Well folks, the Pope is dead. Anyway now that that's out of the way, we're gettin deep into the HUGE antitrust cases against Google, Meta, and to a lesser extent Amazon and Apple. These cases are massive, and their rulings could change the internet as we know it. It's fascinating stuff! Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it! And please leave us a comment! It helps us! AUSTIN we added a second night! Get tix here: https://www.showclix.com/event/ben-emil-livehxfv1hb DENVER we are coming for you. Get tix here: https://comedyworks.com/comedians/ben-emil-live Talking all about Kanye, those Aussie twins, Simply Thick John, and more. Sign up and support the show at https://benandemilshow.com 🚨🚨🚨 Our Boston video is out now! https://youtu.be/emkpqsqSbF8 ***LINK TO OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/CjujBt8g ***Subscribe to Emil's Substack: https://substack.com/@emilderosa ***Trade with Ben at https://tradertreehouse.com Our episode with *Kyla Scanlon*: https://youtu.be/cIHWkY35cuc Big Tech is out of ideas (ft. ED ZITRON): https://youtu.be/zBvVGHZBpMw Arguing with a millionaire (ft. Chris Camillo): https://youtu.be/1ZUWTkWV_MM We bought suits HERE: https://youtu.be/_cM1XqA9n2U __ NOTION: Get Notion Mail for free right now at https://notion.com/BAES and try the inbox that thinks like you! SHOPIFY: Turn your big business idea into reality with Shopify on your side! Sign up for your one dollar per month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/baes GOODR: If you need a new pair of sunnies, goodr is giving our listeners FREE SHIPPING! Go to https://goodr.com/baes and use code BAES for free shipping! Goodr offers a 30 day money back guarantee and 100% satisfaction. MOOMOO: Click this link https://j.moomoo.com/BAES to get up to 30 free stocks from moomoo U.S when you make a qualified deposit. Terms and Conditions Apply. Securities are offered through Moomoo Financial Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC. The creator is a paid influencer and is not affiliated with MFI and their experiences may not be representative of other moomoo users. __ This episode was edited by Connor Rousseau / @ conrad_roussrad Follow us on instagram! @ benandemilshow @ bencahn @ emilderosa *alright so ignore this part this is for the ol' alg0 i'm TRYING SOMETHING* Kyla Scanlon talks about Bloomberg and CNN and Daily Show with Jon Stewart about Liberation Day aka Trump's Tariffs with China and Xi Jinping about tariffs and reversing Tariffs with 90 day pause. Prof G or Professor G and Kara Swisher talking about the effects of trade policy and the recession and Philip DeFranco and the possibility of a market crash. Recession risk is higher but NYT and New York Times suggest this podcast covering tariffs and Hasan Piker are something Doomscroll and Joshua Citarella are talking about. Dan Toomey and Good Work and Morning Brew are also one way to look at it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We are getting all into not your uncle that I trust, but your antitrust.
0:05.1	The government wants to break up Google.
0:07.0	The government has found them guilty of having a monopoly.
0:10.0	Guilty.
0:10.7	And now they're in this separate trial phase, which is the remedy phase, and they're
0:15.3	trying to figure out what to do.
0:16.4	Government's like, you're swag too hot, your search too good, your queries too fire, they are going to kill you.
0:23.5	This is going to set a big standard here. Like, are they just going to get a slap on the wrist?
0:27.7	I kind of think so. It sucks. Or are we going to see... Or are they going to get a slap on the
0:31.1	tour? Yeah. All these companies, they get hit with these massive lawsuits and they have the
0:36.4	audacity to just go,
0:38.1	can you not?
0:39.2	Can you just drop it?
0:40.3	In 2020, DOJ pursued more monopolization cases than any year since the 90s.
0:44.8	Wow.
0:45.0	So he's saying that Trump is good now.
0:47.0	I'm just saying it's what I'm hearing.
0:49.1	That's what I'm, that's all I'm hearing.
0:50.4	I also don't know what to make of any of it. It always feels like you're kind of negotiating with like a monkey with a gun.
0:55.3	Well, all you got to do is offer to banana.
0:57.8	Famously, monkeys like bananas.
1:01.1	I'm looking at times with bed in me.
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