Google has lost two important antitrust cases in the past year. Its search business is threatened and its stock is stalled. Federal prosecutors are pushing for it to divest various businesses. Unless the company can pull off a few miracles in court, it will be forced to shrink.
There’s another possibility. Instead of resisting change, Google could accelerate it. It could spin off huge chunks of itself into independent entities.
That would be a very Silicon Valley power move: Break yourself up before courts can break you up. In an era when Big Tech is…
