bignoseSep 2, 2024

@assaf

> Microsoft may need to add a Recall uninstall option to EU copies of Windows 11

The fact that we have allowed #Microsoft to segregate an infinitely reproducible and relocatable software item that should work the same regardless of geography

into "EU copies" and "not EU copies" and Microsoft can control which ones are which

is an embarrassing failure to regulate. We must correct it.

#Monopoly #Enshittification #SoftwareFreedom #DataSovereignty #WhoOwnsYourSoftware #BreakUpMonopolies

Show threadABlueViewMay 30, 2024

From the "I didnt know Biden helped me department"🧡2/3

Biden's DOJ is seeking to breakup Ticketmaster because of its monopolistic control of the live music industry & resulting high prices.
https://tinyurl.com/36rbh7hy

#DemPoliciesAreBetter #BreakUpMonopolies #ABlueView

Hiltzik: The truth about the Live Nation case

The government's antitrust case against Live Nation follows two allegedly unsuccessful attempts to rein in the company's anticompetitive behavior.

Los Angeles Times
Show threadKanaMaunaFeb 5, 2024
11 hours into the power outage and they tell us that they should have power restored by midnight tomorrow.
#pge
#breakupmonopolies
Show threadIan StuartJul 23, 2023
@sspopovich @rbreich By #RaisingInterestRates #JeromePowell and the #FederalReserve ARE fighting wage growth. Instead of excessively raising interest rates we should use #antiTrustLaws to #breakUpMonopolies (and cartels) to #fightInflation . As a start, I’m glad #Biden has proposed new merger rules: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-antitrust-merger-guidelines_n_64b7032ae4b0dcb4cab5eac6
Biden Announces New Rules To Tackle Big Corporate Consolidation

New merger guidelines mark a major shift in federal antitrust enforcement, moving past the priorities established under Ronald Reagan.

HuffPost
Show threadIan StuartApr 27, 2023
@michaell Yes. It is #classWarfare as far as I am concerned. It is to make it easier to exploit the struggling and to pad the pockets of the comfortable. There was a time that companies considered all #stakeholders when making decisions. Google could have used the staff it laid off to create new products or offer improved services. If we enter a #recession it will have been completely #preventable . #BreakUpMonopolies #google #greed #workIsAHumanRight
Show threadIan StuartApr 25, 2023
@Jondreed I am embarrassed by the feds insistence of utilizing #1980sEraEconomics logic that very clearly puts regular working people at risk of losing work. We should #breakUpMonopolies and cartels to increase #priceCompetition (which would #reduceInflation ). #Biden should dismiss #JeromePowell as #FederalReserve Chair. #Reaganomics #Economics #InterestRates #ClassWarfare #UnitedStates #USGovernment #POTUS #antiTrust #antiTrustLaws #breakUpMonopoliesAndCartels #USinequality #severeInequality
Show threadBrent, in a jarMar 25, 2023
@knittingknots
#FuckBigPublishing #FightForLibraries #BreakUpMonopolies
Hank G β˜‘οΈDec 1, 2022
I'm a fan of breaking up big-tech monopolies and duopolies. They shouldn't exist at this scale in the first place. I'm a fan of having more reasonable store fees than this 30% nonsense (which isn't unique to Apple). What I have no time for are other monopolists doing this sour grapes BS around Apple: Musk, Zuck, Spotify, etc. You are salty that Apple is skimming too much off your own attempts to create monopolies in other industries. Fuck off you hypocritical greedy dirtbags. #monopoly #facebook #apple #spotify #musk #Zuckerberg #DeleteBigTech #BreakupMonopolies