This gets conflated every single time the general public, without fail.
wow the press is really just going to completely redefine our antitrust laws from “bad for consumers” to ”successful companies are illegal” and run with that until we all forget what’s real, huhhttps://twitter.com/sarahfrier/status/1313491916617646082 …
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This goes back all the way to MSFT getting in trouble for giving away software for free.
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No this goes all the way back to Standard Oil. Political retribution against JDR. JPM backed US Steel was far more monopolistic and never got any trouble.
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enough with that independent thinking, Mike! get back in line now
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Isn’t it bad for consumers though in this case?
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all I really care about is whether or not they’ve made their corporate BoD diversity quota for the year; if so, they become untouchable, printer goes brrrr
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it seems like they're just asking if they're allowing for competitors to exist / compete fairly? A different take from "bad for consumers", but not so outlandish
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the reason competition matters given current antitrust law is the interest of the consumer. absent proving consumer harm caused by lack of competition, you'd have to redefine antitrust
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My cynical view is that it's especially about successful companies that threaten the media's business model. Oracle is very very successful, and often cartoonishly evil in its use of lawsuits, but gets almost no media attention because they don't compete for ad dollars
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I think I live in a special region of the US. Are there places where people are forced to use Facebook and Instagram? Where there are no other forms of communication?
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