Calling for Antitrust Reform
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Calling for Antitrust Reform
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Re: Calling for Antitrust Reform
#2That's not "antitrust reform". It's so narrowly drawn that it affects only maybe Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Read the definition of "covered platform".
Arguably it's a bill of attainder.
Re: Calling for Antitrust Reform
#3The vertical monopolies enjoyed by tech behemoths are absurd. Ever since the Internet Explorer antitrust case [1] it should be clear that things like Apple disallowing other browsers in iOS or Google promoting its own sites in search results are illegal and anticompetitive.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....
Re: Calling for Antitrust Reform
#4>A fair playing field is vital to ensure that Mozilla and other independent companies can continue to act as a counterweight to big tech
You literally exist on Google revenue provided in order to prevent antitrust litigation, hardly independent.
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#5https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/299...
6 Republican and 6 Democrat cosponsors. I like when they work together :]
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#6>A fair playing field is vital to ensure that Mozilla and other independent companies can continue to act as a counterweight to big tech You literally exist on Google revenue provided in order to prevent antitrust litigation, hardly independent.
Doesn't Google outbid Bing for the role? Would it be existential for moz if they had to take Bing's smaller bid?
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#7>A fair playing field is vital to ensure that Mozilla and other independent companies can continue to act as a counterweight to big tech You literally exist on Google revenue provided in order to prevent antitrust litigation, hardly independent.
Why do people act like that's some kind of "gotcha"? To me that fact gives it more weight, not less.
Re: Calling for Antitrust Reform
#8>A fair playing field is vital to ensure that Mozilla and other independent companies can continue to act as a counterweight to big tech You literally exist on Google revenue provided in order to prevent antitrust litigation, hardly independent.
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Re: Calling for Antitrust Reform
#9The vertical monopolies enjoyed by tech behemoths are absurd. Ever since the Internet Explorer antitrust case [1] it should be clear that things like Apple disallowing other browsers in iOS or Google promoting its own sites in search results are illegal and anticompetitive. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor... .
Apple allows other browsers. They don't allow other browser engines.
And I actually don't see how cementing the Chrome engine's dominance on iOS as well as other platforms is good for the web. Because inevitably that is what will happen as just like in the IE days, websites will only work on that browser as it offers the most proprietary features. And why would you develop for multiple browsers when Chrome is available on all platforms and has such dominant market share.
People really need to be more careful with this because it could make the web less private, less secure, less driven by a spec and more beholden to Google's interests at the time.
Re: Calling for Antitrust Reform
#10>A fair playing field is vital to ensure that Mozilla and other independent companies can continue to act as a counterweight to big tech You literally exist on Google revenue provided in order to prevent antitrust litigation, hardly independent.
Why do people act like that's some kind of "gotcha"? To me that fact gives it more weight, not less.
Because Google has been the weakest when it comes to privacy measures.
And so when you're giving them money, data, traffic and users you're increasing their ability to set the privacy agenda and promoting a single search engine, single browser view of the world.
It's hypocritical and short-sighted.