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Has there ever been an anti-trust suit on the grounds that an actor is using their market dominance to subvert a standards process/body? Is there any legal prec
by nerdponx 3y ago
Has there ever been an anti-trust suit on the grounds that an actor is using their market dominance to subvert a standards process/body? Is there any legal precedent or standing for such a thing in the US or elsewhere?
- TheAceOfHearts 3y agoI don't think web standards work that way. Often times we'll see things get deployed and implemented before they become standards anyway. And it's not as if W3C has any authority. But even if W3C had any authority, Google and Apple would just pay off every seat.
- anonymousiam 3y agoNo, but there should have been one when Microsoft infiltrated the standards committee and forced the Open XML (OOXML) "standard": https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-29194320070828 https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-29194320070828 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-standard/microsoft-wins-document-format-standards-battle-idUKL0179716920080401 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-standard/micros... https://www.computerworld.com/article/2548569/ecma-approves-microsoft-s-office-open-xml-as-a-standard.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2548569/ecma-approves-...
- spacebanana7 3y agoNot a perfect example, but the UK CMA took issue with the removal of third party cookies from Chrome because of concern about anti competitive impact on digital advertising and managed to extract some pledges from Google. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-regulator-accepts-googles-revised-pledges-browser-cookies-2022-02-11/ https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-regulator-accepts-google...