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The FTC isn't going to do anything as Google/Alphabet is a big donor to the Democrats. https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/alphabet-inc/recipients?id=d000067823 h

The FTC isn't going to do anything as Google/Alphabet is a big donor to the Democrats. https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/alphabet-inc/recipients?id=d000067823 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/alphabet-inc/recipients?id=... Here is them lobbying specifically around antitrust reform legislation: https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/bills/specific_issues?id=s225-117&client_id=d000067823&cycle=2022 https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/bills/specific_...

coldpie 3y ago
So are Amazon: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/amazon-com/recipients?id=D000023883 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/amazon-com/recipients?id=D0... and Microsoft: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/microsoft-inc/recipients?id=D000000115 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/microsoft-inc/recipients?id... And yet we see high profile activity against them from the current FTC.
- burkaman 3y ago
  And Meta: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/meta/recipients?id=D000033563 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/meta/recipients?id=D0000335..., https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/092-3184-182-3109-c-4365-facebook-inc-matter https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/0... And Intuit: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intuit-inc/recipients?id=D000026667 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intuit-inc/recipients?id=D0..., https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/192-3119-intuit-inc-matter-turbotax https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/1... And Epic: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/epic-systems/recipients?id=D000033486 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/epic-systems/recipients?id=..., https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/1923203-epic-games-matter https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/1... etc. etc.
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refulgentis 3y ago
? This is provably false. FTC filed 6 months ago. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/technology/google-ads-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/technology/google-ads-law... n.b. I've found a lot of comfort by conciously rolling away from any subject that leads me to do "They"-ing, i.e. name an enormously large group, then talk about them as a unit. The more I avoid it, the more I realize how prevalent it became and drives how a lot of us feel society shifted.
- TeeMassive 3y ago
  It's called saving appearances.
  - refulgentis 3y ago
    So your position is, they'll never do it, and if they did, it's fake. Sounds like self-peasantization.
    - TeeMassive 3y ago
      The people working at the FTC have been involved in revolving doors in the very industries they're trying to break up. It's a simple observation. They don't have the interest to make it pass but they still have to do it to save face.
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minsc_and_boo 3y ago
You're right, but not because of politics. FTC is on a losing streak, with the latest fiasco being the Microsoft Activision acquisition fiasco.
weare138 3y ago
Republicans control the house. That's who would have to pass any legislation. FTC is non-partisan.

coldpie 3y ago

So are Amazon: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/amazon-com/recipients?id=D000023883 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/amazon-com/recipients?id=D0... and Microsoft: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/microsoft-inc/recipients?id=D000000115 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/microsoft-inc/recipients?id... And yet we see high profile activity against them from the current FTC.

burkaman 3y ago
And Meta: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/meta/recipients?id=D000033563 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/meta/recipients?id=D0000335..., https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/092-3184-182-3109-c-4365-facebook-inc-matter https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/0... And Intuit: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intuit-inc/recipients?id=D000026667 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intuit-inc/recipients?id=D0..., https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/192-3119-intuit-inc-matter-turbotax https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/1... And Epic: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/epic-systems/recipients?id=D000033486 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/epic-systems/recipients?id=..., https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/1923203-epic-games-matter https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/1... etc. etc.
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refulgentis 3y ago

? This is provably false. FTC filed 6 months ago. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/technology/google-ads-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/technology/google-ads-law... n.b. I've found a lot of comfort by conciously rolling away from any subject that leads me to do "They"-ing, i.e. name an enormously large group, then talk about them as a unit. The more I avoid it, the more I realize how prevalent it became and drives how a lot of us feel society shifted.

TeeMassive 3y ago
It's called saving appearances.
- refulgentis 3y ago
  So your position is, they'll never do it, and if they did, it's fake. Sounds like self-peasantization.
  - TeeMassive 3y ago
    The people working at the FTC have been involved in revolving doors in the very industries they're trying to break up. It's a simple observation. They don't have the interest to make it pass but they still have to do it to save face.

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minsc_and_boo 3y ago

You're right, but not because of politics. FTC is on a losing streak, with the latest fiasco being the Microsoft Activision acquisition fiasco.

weare138 3y ago

Republicans control the house. That's who would have to pass any legislation. FTC is non-partisan.