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I do wonder if a better antitrust strategy would be to pursue a portfolio of actions against second- or third-tier companies like this; the current strategy of
by theptip 2y ago
I do wonder if a better antitrust strategy would be to pursue a portfolio of actions against second- or third-tier companies like this; the current strategy of going up against Meta, Google, Apple is sound in terms of raw size of antitrust abuses going on, but they remain some of the most popular brands in the US and so it’s often hard to show consumer harm.
As a counterpoint, I suspect building momentum by actually winning a bunch of smaller cases for companies like Autodesk or Verisign where the average consumer doesn’t have an opinion, could shift the Overton Window on the issue.
I know you come into leadership positions at agencies like the FTC planning for only having 4 years, maybe the above is naive politically. Still, one can hope.
- CPLX 2y agoThe FTC is doing that too all the time now. For obvious reasons they don't draw the same headlines.