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If you prevent monopolies, and your neighbour doesn't, and your neighbour bullies you when you try to prevent their monopolies... it's not an easy situation.
by palata 9mo ago
If you prevent monopolies, and your neighbour doesn't, and your neighbour bullies you when you try to prevent their monopolies... it's not an easy situation.
- TulliusCicero 9mo agoThat's really not the issue. EU tech companies aren't getting big enough to the point where "potentially a monopoly" is even a problem, other than maybe Spotify.
- palata 9mo agoThey are not, but EU tech companies have to compete against US monopolies. And there are laws that prevent them from doing that. https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition
- TulliusCicero 9mo agoThis blog post starts off with a long-winded, meandering rant. Do you have something more succinct and less rant-y to back up your assertion of > And there are laws that prevent them from doing that. ?
- palata 9mo agoThis blog is written by Cory Doctorow. Whether you agree with it or not, I think it's worth going to the end :-). It's a long transcript, I would recommend watching/listening to the video. > And there are laws that prevent them from doing that. Better explained by Cory Doctorow, see link above.