European Commission competition chief Margarethe Vestager on Monday announced a $5 billion fine against Google for illegally using its dominance of smartphone operating systems to thwart rivals.
Although this was the second multi-billion dollar fine in two years against the company for anticompetitive behavior, Vestager dismissed the idea that regulators ought to be pursuing a breakup of the company.
But that position is wrong-headed, because the actions taken against Google so far have done little to constrain its behavior and have left its ill-gotten dominance of particular markets intact.
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