You wrote: "It seems that District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers agreed with us, rejecting the antitrust claims entirely".
The judge wrote: "The trial did show that Apple is engaging in anticompetitive conduct under California's competition laws [...] While Apple’s conduct does not fall within the confines of traditional antitrust law, the conduct falls within the purview of an incipient antitrust violation with particular anticompetitive practices which have not been justified".
I don't understand the difference between "antitrust" and "anticompetitive". In fact, "Antitrust" and "Anti-trust law" redirect to "Competition law" on Wikipedia.
The Olympics official YouTube account (https://www.youtube.com/c/Olympics/videos) is full of highlights videos of the Tokyo Olympics. But they are all geoblocked to specific regions. So sharing any of those videos on social media is futile, because most people won't have access to them.
Maybe the young can't stand the massive economic inequalities, where the the elite travels to space for fun and corporations exploit workers and consumers, while billions struggle to pay for food, housing and healthcare?
Maybe the young can't stand politicians keeping shouting each other instead of solving problems, and the media eager to show the chaos as entertaiment?
Maybe the young can't stand oppression, discrimination and violence?
Hello, I share Eric's concerns that politicians are selectively drawing their definitions of markets according to they political motivations.
I also agree that these so-called monopolies aren't always such. Obvious examples are social networks and search engines, where there are many to choose from.
However, I disagree that that lack of monopolies means that governments should let these companies do whatever they wish.
Many of these companies abuse their market power (which should be measured in daily users and revenue) and do anti-competitive practices to keep competitors away.
It's impossible to download your profile history from one social network and migrate it to another.
Facebook, Google, Amazon, TikTok and other companies sell your most intimate information to the highest bidder.
Apple bans companies from selling apps outside their own app store.
Not to mention political donations (aka bribes) and megamergers.
PlayStation provides entertainment for a price. So does Disney, Electronic Arts, Warner and Bandai Namco.
Anyone can decide not to buy expensive entertainment and play football or have sex. The fact that these companies have millions of customers shows that they are satisfied.
Twitter is an asynchronous messaging website. How can it implement end-to-end encryption, when messages are stored in servers until the recepient opens the browser and logs in?
On the post: Apple Mostly, But Not Entirely, Wins Against Epic; No Antitrust Violation, But Must Tweak Practices To Comply With CA Law
Dear Mike, I would like some clarification.
You wrote: "It seems that District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers agreed with us, rejecting the antitrust claims entirely".
The judge wrote: "The trial did show that Apple is engaging in anticompetitive conduct under California's competition laws [...] While Apple’s conduct does not fall within the confines of traditional antitrust law, the conduct falls within the purview of an incipient antitrust violation with particular anticompetitive practices which have not been justified".
I don't understand the difference between "antitrust" and "anticompetitive". In fact, "Antitrust" and "Anti-trust law" redirect to "Competition law" on Wikipedia.
On the post: Copyright Ruins Everything Again: How Dare A Sports Writer Get People Excited About The Olympics!
The Olympics official YouTube account (https://www.youtube.com/c/Olympics/videos) is full of highlights videos of the Tokyo Olympics. But they are all geoblocked to specific regions. So sharing any of those videos on social media is futile, because most people won't have access to them.
Meanwhile, the Olympics and Tokyo 2020 Twitter accounts have no highlights videos. And at https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/videos/ there's only interviews.
On the post: Cell Phones Still Somehow Get The Entirety Of The Blame For Teen Depression
Maybe the young can't stand the massive economic inequalities, where the the elite travels to space for fun and corporations exploit workers and consumers, while billions struggle to pay for food, housing and healthcare?
Maybe the young can't stand politicians keeping shouting each other instead of solving problems, and the media eager to show the chaos as entertaiment?
Maybe the young can't stand oppression, discrimination and violence?
Nah, it must be TikTok and Candy Crush.
On the post: Stop The Antitrust Gerrymandering
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Many people wouldn't mind selling their soul to the highest bidder, but it should still be illegal.
On the post: Stop The Antitrust Gerrymandering
Hello, I share Eric's concerns that politicians are selectively drawing their definitions of markets according to they political motivations.
I also agree that these so-called monopolies aren't always such. Obvious examples are social networks and search engines, where there are many to choose from.
However, I disagree that that lack of monopolies means that governments should let these companies do whatever they wish.
Many of these companies abuse their market power (which should be measured in daily users and revenue) and do anti-competitive practices to keep competitors away.
On the post: Rep. Zoe Lofgren Recognizes The Nuances And Complexities Of Regulating Internet Companies
"But it is a mistake to treat privacy largely as a competitive problem with competition-focused remedies."
I'd rather say: It is a mistake to socio-economic issues largely as a competitive problem with competition-focused remedies.
Car seat belts were optional, and most people refused to pay for them (not to mention wear them). Same with airbags.
Competition doesn't prevent people from eating junk food, much less avoid casinos.
On the post: Roku Users Lose Access To YouTube TV As Dumb Contract Fights Shift From Cable TV To Streaming
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None of the cheap streaming services has major league sports (except ESPN+ which has out-of-market MLB and NHL).
Likewise here in Uruguay, the national football championship is only available on cable/satellite, and with no TV Everywhere streaming service.
On the post: New York Times Decides Kids Are Playing Too Many Video Games During The Pandemic
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The Last of Us is single player.
On the post: New York Times Decides Kids Are Playing Too Many Video Games During The Pandemic
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What? We must do excercise? Boo!
On the post: New York Times Decides Kids Are Playing Too Many Video Games During The Pandemic
Kids want to have fun. Many things are fun. Many companies make entertainment.
But what if kids make their own entertainment?
Old school stuff like theater and carpentry. New stuff like videoclips and robotics.
Many parents just buy kids a smartphone and let them hit the play button, rather thsn encourage them to be creators.
On the post: Some Thoughts On Twitter Pulling The Plug On Trump's Account
No matter what happens with Trump, or Parler, or section 230, this new year will be known as...
...the Internet Purge!
Social networks will chop down forests of trolls, abusers, and also good people. It's irreversible.
On the post: Coalition Of Internet Companies Who Are Decidedly Not 'Big Tech' Raise Their Voices About The Importance Of Section 230
Automattic, Cloudflare, Dropbox, eBay, Etsy, Glassdoor, GoDaddy, Medium, Nextdoor, Patreon, Pinterest, Reddit, Snap, TripAdvisor and Vimeo are very defintely big tech.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit that operates an educational website.
On the post: Sony May Just Be Loosening The Reins As Gaming Brings In A Plurality Of Its Revenue
Re: One subject only HDMI
HDMI is a widely used standard.
Sony's condumer electronics division performs poorly because of Chinese rivals.
On the post: Sony May Just Be Loosening The Reins As Gaming Brings In A Plurality Of Its Revenue
Re: Re: Not holding my breath here.
PlayStation provides entertainment for a price. So does Disney, Electronic Arts, Warner and Bandai Namco.
Anyone can decide not to buy expensive entertainment and play football or have sex. The fact that these companies have millions of customers shows that they are satisfied.
On the post: Sony May Just Be Loosening The Reins As Gaming Brings In A Plurality Of Its Revenue
Re: Re: Not holding my breath here.
"apparently they apparently make vastly more money as an insurance company than a technology company"
Did you even read the chart, not to mention the article's title?
On the post: It's Time To Start Dismantling One Of The Nation's Oldest Racist Institutions: Law Enforcement
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Exactly. How curious that so few white criminals are not shot by the police, even when armed.
On the post: It's Time To Start Dismantling One Of The Nation's Oldest Racist Institutions: Law Enforcement
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We are talking about police brutality, not violence in general.
On the post: It's Time To Start Dismantling One Of The Nation's Oldest Racist Institutions: Law Enforcement
Jacob Blake while unarmed tried to get into his car, and the police shot him 7 times on his back.
Kyle Rittenhouse shot multiple people, and the police did not arrest him.
Calling American cops racist is an understatement.
On the post: Australian Tech Giant Says Country's Anti-Encryption Laws Are Harming Local Tech Companies
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It has an annual revenue of 1 billion. That's peanuts versus Google, Microsoft or Amazon, but still a pretty important company.
Also, TIL Atlassian is Australian.
On the post: DOJ And Florida Officials Announce Arrests Relating To Twitter Hack
Twitter is an asynchronous messaging website. How can it implement end-to-end encryption, when messages are stored in servers until the recepient opens the browser and logs in?
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