The Biden FTC is on a roll.
It banned noncompete clauses.
It blocked the Kroger/Albertsons merger that would send grocery bills skyrocketing.
Now it's taking action against Adobe for allegedly trapping users in pricey subscriptions.
This is government working for the people.
@rbreich All incredibly welcome, but let's not forget that the traditional big industry approach to this kind of action is just to spend money dragging out the legal battles until a. Republican president gets in and kills the action against the corporates.
Starting the ball rolling is welcome but it's going to be a decade before we'll know whether it's succeeded or not.
I've been impacted by 1 and 3. Currently using a 6+ year old laptop because I have a paid-for copy of #Adobe #Lightroom that won't run on newer machines. No upgrade path other than "The #AdobeTax" to rent the software. Dumped #Photoshop for #AffinityPhoto several years back since I need it only occasionally.
@rbreich Don't forget to thank Taylor Swift too
"Taylor Swift ended up converting more Gen Zers into anti-monopolists overnight than anything I could have done."
Lina Khan
But Biden has done NOTHING for voting rights. Baffling.
Kheldar Lars
Robert Reich
George Potter
HTPC NZ
Richard Rathe
Sir Willington
David H. McCoy
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