adamcstephens

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   by adamcstephens 6y ago

   Large dominant companies tend to consolidate their power through acquiring to remove competition and inhibiting the creation of competitors through their massive economical power. This is actually bad for capitalism since it removes the thr
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   by adamcstephens 6y ago

   Apple is far from the biggest monopoly of today much less since the others. Amazon probably takes the cake, but Facebook and Google are right there too. Furthermore there are plenty of monopolies in non tech industries that do the same th
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   by adamcstephens 6y ago

   Move to SFTP requires you to use authentication and increases load on the backend servers.
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   by adamcstephens 6y ago

   You bring up an interesting point, but the Sherman and Clayton laws were passed over a century ago. Perhaps the FTC went against the will of Congress by approving them in the first place, which brings up its own questions around administrat
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   by adamcstephens 6y ago

   +1 for Matrix. Just needs some more polished clients
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   by adamcstephens 6y ago

   Signal needs to up its game. The experience is very far from being as polished as Telegram.
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   by adamcstephens 6y ago

   Unconstitutional? How?
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   by adamcstephens 6y ago

   They realized they were wrong and there’s a growing antitrust movement in the US.
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   by adamcstephens 6y ago

   Choosing not to compete can also be a sign of a monopoly. Why invest in a line of business that you know you’re going up against a behemoth?
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    by adamcstephens 6y ago

    I think we need to both break up and regulate them. We had a few decades of true antitrust, but the efforts to undermine it were successful. Check out Goliath by Matt Stoller for a decent history.
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    by adamcstephens 6y ago

    Change has to start somewhere. Why not with the entity that is now admitting it was wrong?
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    by adamcstephens 6y ago

    Or, the winds are changing and the FTC under the current administration is following them. 46 states are siding with them, if that helps convince you.
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    by adamcstephens 15y ago

    This headline is a bit aggressive and misleading. Google isn't doing this, as they just got clearance. (Though one could argue Google could at least make a statement) Ars Technica had a better headline and article: http://arstechnica.com/t