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@SharkPatterns
Recording Big Tech's abusive gatekeeping practices Feed curated by @juanof9
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โ Weโre moving to a world where everything is digital, and everythingโs a URL. The fight to be the app that opens, controls and sees those URLs is going to be fierce.โ Unfolding the power struggle over web traffic๐๐โด๏ธ
GATEKEEPING & ANTI-COMPETITIVE APP DESIGN on iOS ๐บ|-->New open access publication @ International Journal of Communication ! <--|๐ฅ In this paper, I unfold a method to track how apps herd users across platforms, promoting horizontal integration-> ijoc.org/index.php/ijocโฆ ๐งต๐
This is a case of #SharkPatterns_Enveloping โ Enveloping: When service providers close up the doors that lead beyond their own environments.
Musk is increasing the height of the walls around the walled garden that is X
Musk is increasing the height of the walls around the walled garden that is X
Zuckerberg in 2012 discussing the pros/cons of taking over Instagram
๐ฆ๐โEuropean Union antitrust enforcers accused Meta of illegally shutting out competition by tying Marketplace to its social network and automatically exposing Facebook users to Marketplace whether or not they wanted it.โ apnews.com/article/faceboโฆ
"Justice lawyers called Chrome a โgateway to the internetโ that provides the search giant with data it then uses for targeted advertising....asking Google to divest Chrome would create a more equal playing field for search competitors" apnews.com/article/googleโฆ
We welcome the creation of the European Cloud Competition Observatory by @cispe_cloud, as part of the settlement agreement with @Microsoft. ๐ECCO will help to limit unfair licensing practices in the cloud market. That means more affordable choice for all ๐ช๐บ cloud customers.
โDOJ reportedly intends to recommend that Google be ordered to sell off its #Chrome browser as a remedy in its significant antitrust lawsuit.โ mashable.com/article/googleโฆ
๐จ๐ช๐ฆ "A U.S. judge issued a permanent injunction on Monday that will force Google to offer alternatives to its Google Play store for downloading apps on Android phones." #epicgames Wins msn.com/en-us/money/otโฆ
๐จ๐ช๐ฆ "regulators contend that Google built, acquired and maintains a monopoly over the technology that matches online publishers to advertisers...[which] enables Google to keep as much as 36 cents on the dollar when it brokers sales" apnews.com/article/googleโฆ
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Tomorrow begins US v Google II, the Ad Tech trial, and weโre beginning to imagine a post-Google world. Weโll be in Court every day for the duration. Follow along at bigtechontrial dot com and get up to speed with this excellent @matthewstoller analysis. thebignewsletter.com/p/a-post-googlโฆ
Breaking ๐ฅณ: Apple has adopted 6 of our 11 recommendations for choice screens and default settings for browsers + fixed two deceptive patterns we discovered. Huge thanks to the DMA team and EC! Read about the changes + what still needs to be fixed: open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apple-adoโฆ
Great post from Stuart Langridge explaining why you should write into the UK regulator about Web Apps and Mobile Browsers. They are deciding on key remedies to improve competition and your voice is important and does matter. Due: August 29! kryogenix.org/days/2024/08/2โฆ
The UK CMA closes its Google Play Store and Apple App Store investigation and expects to reconsider the case under a new digital rules regime, set for fall 2024 (@kathgemm / Bloomberg) bloomberg.com/news/articles/โฆ ๐ซ Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?froโฆ techmeme.com/240821/p9#a240โฆ
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All eyes have been on three Google antitrust cases in three phases of remedies, verdict and imminent trial. Meanwhile, FTCโs Motion for Partial Summary Judgment in its case to break up Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp just posted. Itโs strong, too. 1/2
How Google herded* us into giving away our privacy. A thread ๐งต *Note: ๐ Herding When a company pushes you onto a related platform. View More Examples: decentralizetheweb.org/flashcard.html
In a sea of project code names, "Narnia 2.0" is all over this document. The great Julia Angwin reported late in 2016 on how Google changed its policy merging users' anonymous browsing with PII and search activity creating a single profile/cookie. Now read the yellow highlight. /3
๐บ๐บ๐บ"The court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly," U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta wrote. reuters.com/legal/us-judgeโฆ
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