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My guess/gut is this is a legal theory/stretch and it's unlikely to work. But my understanding of anti trust law is it's always running into new situations tha
by Gunax 5y ago
My guess/gut is this is a legal theory/stretch and it's unlikely to work.
But my understanding of anti trust law is it's always running into new situations that need to be adapted to.
Even anti trust law itself was new/controversial at one point, and the concept of forcing or breaking apart private businesses was novel.
- mindslight 5y agoIMO all this talk of "antitrust" with regards to big tech is a red herring. At best, it will just facilitate the synergy of government and corporate power, through a "do this or else" cudgel. What we need is strong privacy legislation (ala GDPR) so that we can actually opt out of being data subjects, and mandated interoperability (through open protocols and published APIs) such that companies have to compete for each user's business rather than just abusing Metcalfe's law. That legislators don't understand this feels like it's because they don't want to understand this. They see a growing power and their focus is on how they themselves can control that power, rather than how to prevent it for the benefit of all (ie preserve freedom).