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How does this hatred work? Does she keep a leaderboard? Does big tech include foreign companies? I don't know much about this person other than the usual media bio sketches. Where can I read more?
It works through frivolous lawsuits attempting to block everything Big Tech does regardless of reason, eg the acquisition of Within, which has no justifiable antitrust case whatsoever.
Did the judiciary just wake up from a coma?
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Legal opinions vary. Certainly Robert Bork would agree with you. He would also probably agree with your vicious libel of Chair Khan. Those who really care about the development of particular technologies typically don't welcome consolidation in related industries. It wouldn't have been good news for electric cars, if Tesla had been acquired by GM in say 2008. Why the unhinged invective against Khan?
It's neither libel or unhinged. I'm not the only one out there that finds the case around Within a stretch at best. Plenty of mergers and acquisitions have driven technological progress, and so long as they aren't anticompetitive it's not problematic. See Meta and Oculus, for instance, or Apple's merger with Next. Acquisitions and mergers fundamentally reduce duplication of work and allow you to combine building bloc…
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It's neither libel or unhinged!
ITT you've claimed that she isn't sane, isn't rational, is motivated solely by hate, and is unfit for her job. You've given us no reason to believe any of this, and the source of it all seems merely to be a political disagreement. This is a respected professional who has been nominated by the president and approved by Congress. Please, find a hinge.
I'm not the only one out there that finds the case around Within a stretch at best.
Yes we've already established that you agree with Robert Bork. I'd say probably Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito are also on your side. Care to cite some less odious support?
Khan and FTC clearly don't have the resources to block all mergers and acquisitions. It's amusing that you complain this impossible thing is happening in the same thread in which your political bedfellows complain it isn't happening. [0]
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/06/lina-khans-bat... For more context. A long but good read on the current FTC chairman.
Lina Khan may have written great papers but she isn't fit for the job. She harbors a hate for big tech and cannot be impartial in her dealings. See her recent attempt to prevent Meta from acquiring Within. There is no sane, level-headed case that could possibly paint this acquisition as an antitrust violation. Even most legal experts will agree that Lina Khan's case is a stretch at best. It's clear that this case is…
Oh no, how the big tech has suffered since she took up the post, their profits have... Tripled? This cant be right!
Is Big tech a cult and anyone not worshipping them is the enemy?
You do realise her job is to police big tech, not to do their bidding. She should like them no more than a prison guatdrd likes prisoners.
When you're building campuses that resemble theme parks more than offices I think it's time to let the FTC take a peak. Meta is in a similar position IMO.
Good choice of words. I worked there, and in the summer, there were so many visiting groups of people that "theme park" was the very phrase I thought of.
Google 2021 revenue: $258B Meta 2021 revenue: $118B Can someone explain how Google has a monopoly when there are competitors in their league?
> Can someone explain how Google has a monopoly when there are competitors in their league? Being a monopoly doesn’t mean you have no competitors - it means you have enough control of the market to artificially affect/set the market price for something (ie that there was not enough competition for efficient pricing).
Google 2021 revenue: $258B Meta 2021 revenue: $118B Can someone explain how Google has a monopoly when there are competitors in their league?
Well, can Meta provide search engine ads for my company that use the expensive Google ones?
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It's not entitled at all. How much of the world literally runs on technology developed by tech workers? From being able to call your family from anywhere in the world to the most critical systems, tech workers are the reason that quality of life is so much better today than it was, say, pre-internet. The affordances provided by the smartphone alone are an example of this. How is this not obvious proof that tech worke…
Tech is part of a web of industries that provide to each other. What phones without the rare Earth metals a traditional combustion machine digs up? As far as you or I go specifically, reality does not need either of us to actually exist. Plenty of folks still around without the two of us. For numerous health metrics a slower pre-internet life was healthier. All the technological churn has had long lived impact on env…
We've been burning hydrocarbons to keep warm and move around long before tech. But the future of energy (and thus of our civilization) will come from tech, not from looking back at burning wood and whale oil. See renewables, fusion and even nuclear.
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Tech is part of a web of industries that provide to each other. What phones without the rare Earth metals a traditional combustion machine digs up? As far as you or I go specifically, reality does not need either of us to actually exist. Plenty of folks still around without the two of us. For numerous health metrics a slower pre-internet life was healthier. All the technological churn has had long lived impact on env…
> will make life worse in the future We've been burning hydrocarbons to keep warm and move around long before tech. But the future of energy (and thus of our civilization) will come from tech, not from looking back at burning wood and whale oil. See renewables, fusion and even nuclear.
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In absolute terms more bureaucracy is required now because they must all duplicate administration that they can currently share.
Would you rather have McDonalds and Burger King operating all restaurants instead of having millions of small restaurants?