How does Google get away with this?
#AntiCompetitive
If we're being honest this should probably be the biggest news story today. We already knew all the terrible things the media is focusing on today, but this could be a game-changer.
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#LegalNews #TechnologyNews #Internet #Google #Alphabet #TheAtlantic #CorruptBusinessPractices #Lawsuit #News #Anticompetitive #Monopoly #CompetitiveAdvantage #Fraud #Misrepresentation #UnfairCompetition
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/the-atlantic-google-alphabet-lawsuit
They're a major competitor in the #AI space so I presumed this was to avoid accusations that they were being #Anticompetitive by banning #Grok. :shrug_akko:
@BusinessInsider @tech-BusinessInsider
On #meta eating #manus #AI: All the talk and commentary about talent acquisition, #geopolitical #competition, #export controls, etc. Has any respectable analyst, market/tech reporter, #journalist, commentator discussed the #antitrust and #anticompetitive impacts of meta's seemingly #predatory #acquisition of #agenticAI startup manus?π€ Please share because I personally haven't seen any.π
Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices Across the Economy https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/secret-documents-show-pepsi-and-walmart #walmart #pepsi #capitalism #collusion #anticompetitive
Google fined $55 million for anti-competitive search deals with Australian telcos: Federal Court orders Google Asia Pacific to pay penalties for exclusive pre-installation agreements with Telstra and Optus that locked out rival search engines. https://ppc.land/google-fined-55-million-for-anti-competitive-search-deals-with-australian-telcos/ #GoogleFine #AntiCompetitive #AustralianTelcos #SearchEngine #FederalCourt
The US Department of Justice #DoJ is urging a #breakup of #Googleβs #adtechnology, citing #anticompetitive practises. Google argues that the proposed divestiture would disrupt millions of ad transactions and that market shifts driven by AI will increase competition. https://bestmediainfo.com/mediainfo/mediainfo-digital/google-faces-us-government-in-court-over-ad-tech-monopoly-10799714?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Not so fast! Do the advantages out weight the risks? Or - whatever happened unleashing innovation vs. picking winners and losers!
Quantum-computing companies considering exchanging equity stakes for federal funding. Its sounds simple, but there are REAL dangers.
Companies may face market distortions, conflicts of interest, and politicization of commercial decisions - stifling competition and slowing progress. Federal agencies can only acquire equity stakes in private companies when explicitly authorized by specific legislation. Legislation can be changed/removed after initially being approved.
Companies might get embroiled with scrutiny under antitrust laws or other regulatory regimes designed to prevent unfair competitive practices.
https://www.investors.com/news/quantum-computing-stocks-trump-administration-equity-stakes-ionq-rigetti/ #Quantum #QuantumComputing #USGov #Equity #Investing #Politicization #ConflictsofInterest #AntiTrust #AntiCompetitive #Innovation
THIS is #extortion and #blackmail by #Google and I'd like to ask if anyone else wants to file protest at @BNetzA & @EUCommission if not file charges against #Google for said felonious blackmail...
- #NotLegalAdvice but if Google wants to #ban #3rdPartyAppStores by criminalizing #IndieDevelopers outside of #GooglePlay and call it "#Sideloading" I feel obligated to consider said charges because what Google does is literally commit #ComputerSabotage against my own devices...
Seriously, I hope @fdroidorg / #Fdroid and other #3rdParty #AppStores actively consider this #AntiCompetitive action by Google as an act of #sabotage.
- NOONE can claim Google are "the good guys" when they are subject to #CloudAct and enforce #cyberfacist bs like that.
It's time for #Android to be #forked!
- Maybe call it "#RobotMobileOS" or something...
@mia Ah, finally an official thing.
Thank you for the notification.
#BoostPlz #CanPol #FinancialCensorship #Censorship #Anticompetitive #AnticompetitivePractices #Canada #Petition
@Ichinin IMHO #GAFAMs and their #proprietary #SaaS should be banned from #schools.
- Because letting #Microsoft create a #ComputerScienfe curriculum is like letting #TikTok do #MediaLiteracy and #Antivaxxers run #Healthcare ---Oh...Shit!
And yes, #Azure is #Enshittification cuz at least with old #OTP - #Software they at least Students and their stuff was covered by the "Microsoft Academy" program, which ist still #AntiCompetitive (banning @LPI certifications as part of the contract)β¦
β Commission fines Google β¬2.95 billion over abusive practices in online #advertising technology
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1992
βAny person or company affected by #anticompetitive behaviour as described in this case may bring the matter before the courts of the Member States and seek damages. [β¦] Even though the Commission has fined the company concerned, damages may be awarded by national courts without being reduced on account of the Commission fine.β
Google admits anti-competitive conduct involving Google Search in Australia
#HackerNews #Google #Australia #AntiCompetitive #Conduct #Search #News
@jbz I hope @EUCommission and others take note of this #AntiCompetitive action and will act accordingly unless #Microsoft can actually cite a valid reason.
- After all, it is neither illegal nor bannable per law to use "competitors' services and products" and even worst-case this qualifies as "cleanroom engineering" to improve #compatibility, which is desireable for both @libreoffice / #LibreOffice and #MicrosoftOffice...
#Microsoft pulling such an #AssholeMove is inexcuseable *unless they actually evidence a serious #ToS violation they could not have resolved otherwise and that banning said user was the only possible recourse to secure their own systems and/or customers' data from a malicious actor.
ICYMI: FTC launches anticompetitive regulations hunt with DOJ: Federal agencies must identify rules that harm competition in sweeping deregulation effort. https://ppc.land/ftc-launches-anticompetitive-regulations-hunt-with-doj/ #FTC #DOJ #Anticompetitive #Deregulation #Competition
Google has crippled access to Android files by @nextcloud
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/nextcloud_play_store_complaint/
Is it just me, or is this a terrible argument?
#apple #walledgarden #anticompetitive #competition #appstore #payments #ecommerce
Indie brewers kept out of UK bars and pubs by multinationals, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/27/indie-brewers-kept-out-uk-bars-pubs-by-multinationals?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #Capitalism #anticompetitive
"A US judge ruled Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some ad tech. This is the second time a judge ruled Google willfully engaged in monopolistic practices. The remedies for these rulings are still being worked out but may strengthen the case to have Google's business broken up."
> found via Barry Schwartz on FB.
#google #monopoly #anticompetitive #bigtech #legalnews #platformmonopoly
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-monopoly-ruling-two-39258.html
@ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen @fuchsiii obviously, that would've been a good standard for everyone, given that almost all non-#Gaming #Apps these days are #WebApps and at that point we'd not have 100+ MB #bloatware that essentially just loads a #Website and can't even cache shit!
- /me stares angrily at #Cordova
Personally I believe the @europarl_en & @EUCommission could do that and establish as well as enforce an #EC #norm, just as they did with #USBc, #CCS2 and #GDPR!
- It's just lack of political #pressure and #will to actually deal with the #AntiCompetitive-ness of #GAFAMs and given #Microsoft got forced into the #BrowserChoice setup in #WindowsXP & #Windows7, I demand the same for #iOS, #macOS and #Windows11 to include not only #Firefox & #Chrome but also #TorBrowser!
#Android needs to be better as in being more than just the "lesser evil" compared to iOS!
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