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I guess, the government is friends with Apple. The corruption in the US is beyond imagination, just on a totally different level than anywhere else in the world
by nikolay 5y ago
I guess, the government is friends with Apple. The corruption in the US is beyond imagination, just on a totally different level than anywhere else in the world! When iPhone was a monopoly, it was fine. When Facebook is a monopoly, it's fine. When Google is a monopoly, it's fine, but when it comes to more traditional businesses - no, it's not fine as chips can't be used as political tools unlike Apple's, Google's, and Facebook's platforms!
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- matthewmcg 5y agoI think you need to recognize that the FTC is governed by its commissioners and chairperson, and those people have their own priorities that are going to be different than their predecessors. Lina Khan, current chair, is much more focused[1] on controlling tech monopolies than Trump’s appointees, who had what you might charitably call more “market oriented” priorities[2] (to me, a euphemism for “bought by big business”). [1]: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/06/lina-khans-battle-to-rein-in-big-tech https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/06/lina-khans-bat... [2]: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/08/ftc-chairman-congress-rulemaking-authority-1418237 https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/08/ftc-chairman-congr...
- nikolay 5y agoIs there are more a blatant monopoly than Meta? Or Google for search?