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#antimonopoly

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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"In an unprecedented move, the Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order against Google for violating the country's anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall the company’s apps on their Android smartphones.

This is the first time that Japan has issued such an order against any of the major U.S. technology companies referred to collectively as GAFAM — Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft.

“By binding smartphone manufacturers and telecommunication carriers, Google has made it difficult for other competing search engine applications to be used on Android phones,” Saiko Nakajima, a senior investigator for digital platform operators at the commission, said.

“Google's conduct in this case has created a risk of impeding fair competition concerning transactions — thus, we have determined that this is an act in violation of the Antimonopoly Act,” she added."

japantimes.co.jp/business/2025

The Japan Times · In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against GoogleBy Yukana Inoue
#Japan#Google#Android
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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1247984/japanese- Japanese regulator orders Google to end alleged monopolistic practices #AdvertisingRevenue #Alphabet #android #AntiMonopoly #chrome #competition #Google #GooglePlay #Japan #JapanFairTradeCommission #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #preinstallation Japanese regulators on Tuesday issued a “cease and desist order” against Google for violation of the country’s anti-monopoly laws. As per the order, Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has…

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Aline Blankertz

@pluralistic nails #antimonopoly : "To grab that anger and mobilize it, we need to show people that their rage over specific issues is actually downstream of excessive corporate power. [..]
A massive political change that bubbles up from the bottom, aimed directly at the richest, most powerful people in the history of the human race, is an amazing thing."
pluralistic.net/2025/04/10/sol

We need a strong anti-monopoly movement everywhere. Also in Europe. The problem is not the US or tech, it is bigness.

pluralistic.netPluralistic: The most remarkable thing about antitrust (that no one talks about) (10 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Strypey

My favourite of Cory Doctorow's solutions for dismantling the online advertising cartel of FarceBoom ("Meta") and Goggle ("Alphabet ");

"Ban surveillance-based “behavioral advertising,” forcing a switch to “contextual ads” (based on the content of articles, not the traits of readers), which will nullify tech giants’ data advantages."

@pluralistic, 2022

pluralistic.net/2022/04/10/big

Governments can do this. Let's make them.

pluralistic.netBig Tech Isn’t Stealing News Publishers’ Content – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
#advertising#DigitalAdvertising#AntiMonopoly
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Strypey

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With a suite of #AntiMonopoly regulations like EU DMA/ DSA, we can move to services that respect our privacy, without getting cut off from folks who are still in the DataFarms. We can do the same based on other criteria too (software freedom, social benefit company structures, etc), and the DataFarmers can't just reacquire us, by buying their competitors without scrutiny.

We still need robust laws to protect privacy etc. But real consumer choice makes enforcement practical.

#EU#DMA
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Strypey

Whichever administration takes power after this US Presidential election, USAmericans who don't want a handful of billionaires to control the internet need to demand they pass an equivalent of the EU's anti-monopoly rules in the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act. Something along the lines of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act;

congress.gov/bill/117th-congre

#AntiMonopoly#AntiTrust#InternetFreedom
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The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]

Ukraine Daily Summary - Tuesday, March 26

Why ISIS attacked Russia and why Russia blames Ukraine -- Russian ambassador rejects Poland's summons over missile in Polish airspace -- Russia's response to terrorist attack, alleged torture of suspects, follows pattern of abuse in Ukraine -- Russian landing ship 'critically damaged' by Ukrainian missile strike -- Russia's Kuibyshev oil refinery stops one of primary units after drone attack -- and more

writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U

writeworks.ukUkraine Daily Summary - Tuesday, March 26Why ISIS attacked Russia and why Russia blames Ukraine -- Russian ambassador rejects Poland's summons over missile in Polish airspace -- Russia's response to terrorist attack, alleged torture of suspects, follows pattern of abuse in Ukraine -- Russian landing ship 'critically damaged' by Ukrainian missile strike -- Russia's Kuibyshev oil refinery stops one of primary units after drone attack -- and more
#kyiv#zircon#moscow
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bignose

> #enshittification as defined by the person who coined it

Phrased concisely as:

"Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. I call this enshittification."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshitti

@flowchainsenseifoss

en.wikipedia.orgEnshittification - Wikipedia
#ProtocolsNotPlatforms#AntiMonopoly#Captialism
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bignose

@flowchainsenseifoss

(Let's assume #enshittification as defined by the person who coined it @pluralistic.)

Yes, it's new. Not that corporations haven't *wanted to* do this since corporations existed.

Rather, it's a new phenomenon because only relatively recently have we had such appallingly weak #AntiMonopoly enforcement.

With #Neoliberalism promoting an orgy of #deregulation around the globe, corporations are now free to use all manner of tricks that were once blocked, to screw us.

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bs2

"Step Right Up! Bargains Galore.."
--- Tom Waits
comes to mind:

> where prices go up as quality goes down

> It’s hard to remember that the internet was originally supposed to connect producers and shoppers, artists and audiences, and members of communities with one another without permission or control by third parties.

nytimes.com/2023/09/27/opinion
/HT @JamesGleick @pluralistic

zirk.us/@JamesGleick/111137441

The New York Times · Opinion | Lina Khan vs. AmazonBy Cory Doctorow
#JamesGleick#CoreyDoctorow#AmazonDotCom
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The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]

Ukraine Daily Summary - Thursday, September 7

Romania confirms that Russian drone fragments fell on Romanian territory -- Update: Russian attack on Kostiantynivka kills 17, injures 32 -- Mayor of Boryspil joins Ukrainian Armed Forces -- Can Russia be held accountable for its crimes against Ukraine's environment? -- and more

writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U

writeworks.ukUkraine Daily Summary - Thursday, September 7Romania confirms that Russian drone fragments fell on Romanian territory -- Update: Russian attack on Kostiantynivka kills 17, injures 32 -- Mayor of Boryspil joins Ukrainian Armed Forces -- Can Russia be held accountable for its crimes against Ukraine's environment? -- and more
#russia#eu#antitank
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