Google admits anti-competitive conduct involving Google Search in Australia
@jbz I hope @EUCommission and others take note of this #AntiCompetitive action and will act accordingly unless #Microsoft can actually cite a valid reason.
#Microsoft pulling such an #AssholeMove is inexcuseable *unless they actually evidence a serious #ToS violation they could not have resolved otherwise and that banning said user was the only possible recourse to secure their own systems and/or customers' data from a malicious actor.
DATE: May 21, 2025 at 09:00AM
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DATE: May 20, 2025 at 07:00PM
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Google has crippled access to Android files by @nextcloud
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/nextcloud_play_store_complaint/
"A US judge ruled Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some ad tech. This is the second time a judge ruled Google willfully engaged in monopolistic practices. The remedies for these rulings are still being worked out but may strengthen the case to have Google's business broken up."
> found via Barry Schwartz on FB.
#google #monopoly #anticompetitive #bigtech #legalnews #platformmonopoly
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-monopoly-ruling-two-39258.html
@ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen @fuchsiii obviously, that would've been a good standard for everyone, given that almost all non-#Gaming #Apps these days are #WebApps and at that point we'd not have 100+ MB #bloatware that essentially just loads a #Website and can't even cache shit!
Personally I believe the @europarl_en & @EUCommission could do that and establish as well as enforce an #EC #norm, just as they did with #USBc, #CCS2 and #GDPR!
#Android needs to be better as in being more than just the "lesser evil" compared to iOS!
THE EUROPEAN CLOUD COMPETITION OBSERVATORY (ECCO)
First report: Microsoft Rated Amber, Broadcom Raises Red Flags 
Jeff Bezos: Everything You Didn’t Know About his Shi*ty past
»#EU Plans to #Fine #Apple for #Anticompetitive #AppStore Practices: Apple did not implement changes that allowed #developers to steer users to cheaper prices outside of the #AppStore.« https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/05/eu-apple-fine-anticompetitive-app-store-practices/?eicker.news #tech #media
Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge / Google must give rival third-party app stores access to the full catalog of Google Play apps — and distribute third-party stores. #Google #Alphabet #Android #legal #GooglePlay #Monopoly #AntiCompetitive
"Ed @Zitron is joined by @jasonkint, CEO of DCN and Arielle Garcia, Director of Intelligence at CheckMyAds, for the third episode of Better Offline's coverage of the Department of Justice's second antitrust case against Google, one that alleges that "through #SerialAcquisitions and #Anticompetitive Auction #Manipulation, #Google Subverted Competition in Internet #Advertising Technologies."
#adtech
https://pca.st/episode/53556b8f-78b5-4344-9363-d8b1486b962e
4/ Historical footnote. In 2002 the UK Office of Fair Trading (#OFT) reviewed complaints about #BigDeals and other #anticompetitive practices in academic #publishing. It found market distortions but decided 𝘯𝘰𝘵 to act — because of the then-recent rise of #OpenAccess. "It is too early to assess what will be the impact of this [digital publishing & access] but there is a possibility that it will be a powerful restraint on exploiting positional advantage in the STM journals market."
http://web.archive.org/web/20051025123345/www.oft.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A56C7602-C0BD-428D-BED2-36784363243B/0/oft396.pdf
The Oligarch (Kleptocrat) class, and their Political and Corporate Proxies Escalate Attacks Against FCC's Khan As Harris Outlines Potential Administration
#BlackMastodon #LGBTQ #Trans #Labor #Labour #WorkerRights #ConsumerRights #Illiberal #antiCompetitive #antiDemocratic #Monopolist #antiUnion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5oEnaCc3Pc
1/ From the law firm bringing the #antitrust lawsuit against six academic #publishers.
https://www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/academic-journals/
The suit alleges three #anticompetitive practices:
1. agreeing to "fix the price…at zero" for the #labor of authors and peer reviewers;
2. agreeing not to compete for manuscripts, forcing authors to submit to one journal at a time;
3. agreeing to prohibit authors from sharing their work while under peer review, "a process that often takes over a year".
How Amazon "Lied, Spied, Cheated Its Way to the Top": WSJ Reporter Dana Mattioli
#Illiberal #AntiDemocratic #AntiCapitalist #AntiCompetitive #Monopolist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgGTUCKnoss
Speaking of #monopoly, how much of your money have you given to this company?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24218629/patreon-membership-ios-30-percent-apple-tax
Google is an illegal monopoly, federal court rules
Judgment delivers a victory to the Justice Department as it takes on a string of federal antitrust lawsuits against Big Tech.
Who would have thought? 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/05/doj-google-monopoly-trial-judgment/
The Guardian: Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia investigated over monopoly laws — #US regulators open inquiry into #AI firms over #antitrust laws that oversee fair competition.
#Microsoft, #OpenAI, and #NVIDIA have multiple investigations for #anticompetitive behaviour. M$ has repeatedly across many legal jurisdictions been found to be a #monopoly. #Inflection is part of investigations, and #Google owner #Alphabet, #Amazon, and #Anthropic by #USA's #DoJ, #FTC
