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That’s what antitrust law is for. We just need to actually enforce it.

AdrianB1 2y ago
Antitrust laws in US rarely works. I have no idea if the problem is bad law or bad enforcement, but the results are bad.
- palata 2y ago
  Isn't it the case that the US has just mostly stopped enforcing antitrust laws in the last 3-4 decades? That would explain why they don't work.
- ajmurmann 2y ago
  What are examples where antitrust laws should have been applied but aren't?
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  from my glimpse, it's bad enforcement and outright sleazy lobbying or conflict of interest. the laws can be better, but I find it hard to imagine any actual court case ruling in Google/Amazon's favor in anything. Apple is a bit harder and that may be where the laws are a bit outdated. But EU is setting a good precedent when that comes around.
vouaobrasil 2y ago
I don't really think so. Anti-trust law is outdated. It may have worked for the static sort of corporation that produces stuff like a tire factory, but it doesn't work well for tech corporations. They evolve too fast, and by the time anti-trust gets around to it and the court case is done, the damage is done. We need a whole new set of laws of technology that go beyond the feeble anti-trust laws we have today.
- snozolli 2y ago
  Let's start by enforcing existing anti-trust laws while you work on these new ones.
- ANewFormation 2y ago
  Every major tech corporation is grossly in violation of anti-trust laws. 'Back in the day' Microsoft lost an anti-trust lawsuit over nothing but bundling Internet Explorer with Windows, seriously! [1] Nowadays that's not even scratching the surface of what companies are doing. But we seem to have simply stopped enforcing anti-trust for the largest corporations, about the time they all started joining PRISM. I don't think that's a coincidence. Quid pro quo. At one point in time the concept of the separation of State and Church was revolutionary. It's time for the separation of State and Big Business/Banking. So many things could be fixed basically overnight if the relationship between corporations and the government was more adversarial, and less incestuous. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....
johnnyanmac 2y ago
we had a good run with Lina Khan, may she make the history books and spend the rest of her days in peace.

Antitrust laws in US rarely works. I have no idea if the problem is bad law or bad enforcement, but the results are bad.

palata 2y ago
Isn't it the case that the US has just mostly stopped enforcing antitrust laws in the last 3-4 decades? That would explain why they don't work.
ajmurmann 2y ago
What are examples where antitrust laws should have been applied but aren't?
johnnyanmac 2y ago
from my glimpse, it's bad enforcement and outright sleazy lobbying or conflict of interest. the laws can be better, but I find it hard to imagine any actual court case ruling in Google/Amazon's favor in anything. Apple is a bit harder and that may be where the laws are a bit outdated. But EU is setting a good precedent when that comes around.

vouaobrasil 2y ago

I don't really think so. Anti-trust law is outdated. It may have worked for the static sort of corporation that produces stuff like a tire factory, but it doesn't work well for tech corporations. They evolve too fast, and by the time anti-trust gets around to it and the court case is done, the damage is done. We need a whole new set of laws of technology that go beyond the feeble anti-trust laws we have today.

snozolli 2y ago
Let's start by enforcing existing anti-trust laws while you work on these new ones.
ANewFormation 2y ago
Every major tech corporation is grossly in violation of anti-trust laws. 'Back in the day' Microsoft lost an anti-trust lawsuit over nothing but bundling Internet Explorer with Windows, seriously! [1] Nowadays that's not even scratching the surface of what companies are doing. But we seem to have simply stopped enforcing anti-trust for the largest corporations, about the time they all started joining PRISM. I don't think that's a coincidence. Quid pro quo. At one point in time the concept of the separation of State and Church was revolutionary. It's time for the separation of State and Big Business/Banking. So many things could be fixed basically overnight if the relationship between corporations and the government was more adversarial, and less incestuous. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....

johnnyanmac 2y ago

we had a good run with Lina Khan, may she make the history books and spend the rest of her days in peace.