Dr PenJul 7, 2025
Celebrate another paying customer leaving the Beast. #degoogle #bigtech #platformmonopoly
Dr PenApr 17, 2025

"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

Judge: Google Illegally Engaged In Anticompetitive Monopolistic Ad Tech Practices

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 ruling

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Show threadStrypeyJan 16, 2019
@noorul many of these smaller marketplaces still exist eg #MightyApe in Aotearoa (NZ) and #FishPond in the UK, but the #PlatformMonopoly dynamic means they struggle for oxygen in the face of massive players like #Amazon and #Ebay. As with the #fediverse, federating multiple independent marketplaces together, allows them to combine their #NetworkEffect, and compete cooperatively (if that makes sense ;)
@fitheach
Show threadMike StuartOct 25, 2018
Google is worried about a "land grab" for power in their Digital Superstate / supranational platform
- "People unite across borders and time zones. But this global explosion has created a land grab for power."
https://quitter.im/url/1479900 #PlatformMonopoly
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Show threadMatt Cropp 🌲🌲Jun 30, 2017
@Enkerli @timrowe Just listened to it and it was pretty interesting! Lots to chew on vis a vis the early idealism of internet advocates running into the real-world power dynamics of the emergent #platformmonopoly system that has come to dominate the internet...
Matt Cropp (now @ social.coop)Apr 18, 2017

Let's #GetFree, #Mastodon! https://mastodon.social/media/nHvtbY6V8UdjBYh1Y-M

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