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The previous deplatforming has been legal, but the blocking out of SubscribeStar is likely to be ruled anti-competitive behavior. There is an anti-trust case in
by mikedilger 8y ago
The previous deplatforming has been legal, but the blocking out of SubscribeStar is likely to be ruled anti-competitive behavior. There is an anti-trust case in the works for the Federal Trade Commission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ySC7edHO0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ySC7edHO0 If they take it up, they will look much more deeply into what's actually going on behind the scenes.
Googles very existence stems from the fact that Microsoft was under FTC investigation and had to step carefully. If not, Microsoft would have squashed Google when it was little. The FTC changes behavior by just the act of looking into the thing.