Cory DoctorowAug 12, 2024

It's official: the DOJ has won its case, and Google is a convicted monopolist. Over the next six months, we're gonna move into the "remedy" phase, where we figure out what the court is going to order Google to do to address its illegal monopoly power:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/07/revealed-preferences/#extinguish-v-improve

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/12/defaults-matter/#make-up-your-mind-already

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Pluralistic: The Google antitrust remedy should extinguish surveillance, not democratize it (07 Aug 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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I only use an Android phone because I have to. But I prefer to leave it at home when I go anywhere, even if it's across the street to the store. If they want to try and track me, good luck and get fucked.

I might in the market for a new computer next fall. If I do get one, I'm going to ask the sellers, "I don't want anything Microsoft, Google, Apple, or Hewlett-Packard. What do you have?"

Aug 12, 2024 at 6:33pmWeb