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Not that I agree with this argument, but I imagine Amazon might claim that Alphabet was essentially doing the same thing with Stadia, Youtube Game streaming, th
by beezlebroxxxxxx 4y ago
Not that I agree with this argument, but I imagine Amazon might claim that Alphabet was essentially doing the same thing with Stadia, Youtube Game streaming, the Play store, and presumably cloud offerings (I don't know that one for sure though).
Though I suspect the claim that "We at least compete with this other giant tech company hell bent on crushing competition" is probably not the most sympathetic argument in the current antitrust atmosphere.
- 1over137 4y ago>current antitrust atmosphere What current antitrust atmosphere? What was the last trust busted?
- Dudeman112 4y agoI think they are referring to the population at large being aware of it instead of actual actions taken Like with the mainstream media and the fact that no one has put the Murdochs in a rocket to Mars
- atlasunshrugged 4y agoAlso probably the addition of Lina Khan to the FTC who has a more aggressive stance on antitrust than regulators in previous years. See their recent filing against Meta's acquisition of a VR fitness co https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/technology/ftc-lina-khan-meta.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/technology/ftc-lina-khan-...