AFP: Fortnite developer claims win against Apple and Google. “An Australian court has found Apple and Google misused their market power in a dispute with the maker of wildly popular video game Fortnite.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/13/afp-fortnite-developer-claims-win-against-apple-and-google/
#Perplexity offered to buy #Google’s #Chrome #browser for $34.5B. The offer, likely a #marketingstunt, aims to challenge Google’s #websearch #dominance and signal to the judge in the #antitrust case against Google that there is an interested buyer. Its value to Google is in avoiding paying other companies for default placement, making it unlikely Google will sell. https://spyglass.org/i-offer-to-buy-jupiter/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Without a hint of irony, #Musk accuses #Apple of #antitrust violation, says #xAI will take #legal action
#ElonMusk has accused Apple of engaging in antitrust violations by allegedly making it impossible for any #ArtificialIntelligence company other than #OpenAI to reach the No. 1 spot in its App Store rankings, calling it an "unequivocal antitrust violation."
#law #SpaceX #Starlink #satellites [talk about antitrust violations]
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/musk-accuses-apple-antitrust-violation-says-xai-will-take-legal-action-2025-08-12/
Microsoft Sued Over Windows 10 End-of-Life, Accused of AI Market Monopoly
#Microsoft #Windows10 #Lawsuit #AI #Antitrust #ForcedObsolescence
Sottoscritto protocollo d’intesa tra Garante Privacy e Antitrust: Il presidente dell’Autorita’ Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, Roberto Rustichelli, e il presidente del Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, Pasquale...
#Federprivacy #AGCM #Antitrust #PasqualeStanzione #RobertoRustichelli http://dlvr.it/TMQBTq
"Suppressing popular preferences in democracies isn't easy. It requires absolute unity of the ruling classes. Whenever a crack appears in capital's unity, good policies gush out of it. That's what's happened with #antitrust this decade, where the divisions between #billionaire rentiers like Apple/Google & the #millionaire capitalists who want to escape their 30% app tax has allowed a rush of effective antitrust enforcement to sweep the world, to the detriment of both."
Mint (India): Supreme Court admits Google, CCI plea against NCLAT order on Play Store abuse of dominance case . “The Supreme Court accepted appeals from Google, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), and Alliance Digital India Foundation (ADIF) against a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) decision, according to a report by Bar and Bench.”
"So on the one hand, this is all pretty dismal. It also makes the trend towards electing anti-democratic politicians who want to abolish elections a lot easier to understand: if you (correctly) believe you live in a world where politicians don't care about you, then why not vote for a strongman who'll punish your enemies and maybe leave you with a few more crumbs?
But on the other hand, this is very exciting, because it shows us what a truly democratic world would look like (and just how different that world would be from the billionaire astroturf-dominated social media world)! If the popular will can achieve primacy, we would live in a veritable paradise!
It also explains how candidates like Zohran Mamdani were able to clobber the political establishment simply by a) telling people that he would do popular things; and b) convincing them that he meant it.
Suppressing popular preferences in (nominal) democracies isn't easy. It requires absolute unity of the ruling classes. Whenever the faintest crack appears in capital's unity, good policies gush out of it. That's what's happened with antitrust this decade, where the divisions between billionaire rentiers like Apple/Google and the millionaire capitalists who want to escape their 30% app tax has allowed a rush of effective antitrust enforcement to sweep the world, to the detriment of both:"
https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/07/the-people-no-2/#water-flowing-uphill
Almost 10 years ago, I wrote an article about consolidation in movies, and the vertical integration perils of movie studios owning the movie distribution channels.
4 years ago, I republished it, because the trend continued.
Now, the trend keeps going. Not great for the industry or the audience.
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/whats-old-is-new-again-antitrust/
"How a Beltway Brain Trust Sells #Oligarchy to Liberals.
Abundance co-author Derek Thompson used slimy tactics
to protect wealth & power in America. He used #antitrust as a catch-all for ppl concerned about oligarchy & conc power, ref to the critics he's responding to as the “antitrust left/critics/housing folks.”
The neoliberal faction won’t go down easy or fight fair. They're terrified by Lina Khan's ideas, mayoral cand Mamdani winning young vot...
#Democrats #USPol https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/an-abundance-of-sleaze-how-a-beltway
First was "The Curse of Bigness" by Tim Wu. Wu reviews the history of antitrust in the US and its fundamental concern with excessive corporate power, then shows how the Chicago school worked to systematically subvert and dismantle that motivation. He then argues for an approach that in some ways brings antitrust back to those original goals. Highly recommend
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/8159322/s/an-engrossing-whirlwind-tour-through-the-past-present-and-potential-future-of-antitrust#anchor-8159322 (2/3) #law #antitrust #history
Business Insider: Adtech company OpenX sues Google, accusing it of anticompetitive tactics that ‘crippled’ its growth. “Adtech company OpenX has accused Google of repeatedly kneecapping its growth through anticompetitive tactics in the digital advertising market — and now it wants payback. OpenX on Monday piggybacked on an antitrust lawsuit previously filed against Google by the US Department […]
Dem senators incl Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the CEOs of Google/YouTube division -asking if Google has discussed settling Trump’s censorship lawsuit against YouTube “as a wayto garner more favorable treatment from the admin.” They point to the co’s litigation battles, incl ongoing #antitrust lawsuits.
“We're concerned about the possibility that Google could settle -in a #QuidProQuo arrng to avoid full accountability for violating fed competit..."
#Fascism #USPol
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/google-trump-settlement-democrats.html
What’s the opposite of Antitrust enforcement? Because “don’t you dare make the companies compete” is basically that.
#kakistocracy #corruption #antitrust
“Trump admin warns states: Don’t try to lower broadband prices”
Engadget: Opera takes its browser beef with Microsoft to Brazil in antitrust complaint . “Opera is filing an antitrust complaint against Microsoft in Brazil, alleging it creates an unfair environment for alternate browsers to compete with Edge. The Norway-based company claims Microsoft’s deals to make Edge the exclusive pre-installed browser on Windows machines creates an unfair environment for […]
4/ Publishers are fighting back.
The Independent Publishers Alliance filed an antitrust complaint with the EU.
Their claim: Google’s AI Overviews harm competition and kill revenue.
3/ 
Les médias en ligne touchés de plein fouet
• Chute du trafic = chute des revenus pub
• Impossibilité de se retirer sans être déréférencé
• Une plainte antitrust déposée en Europe contre Google
The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval https://www.theverge.com/policy/717303/justice-department-antitrust-division-slater-alford-rinner-firing #Antitrust #Analysis #Features #Politics #Google #Policy #Apple #Tech
The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval https://thever.ge/kESK #Antitrust #Analysis #Features #Politics #Google #Policy #Apple #Tech
https://www.theverge.com/news/717440/google-epic-open-play-store-emergency-stay
Google has 14 days to make major changes to its Google Play app store and business practices following its loss in the Epic antitrust lawsuit. These changes include stopping the forced use of Google Play Billing, allowing app developers to direct users to other platforms, and limiting perks for preinstalled apps.
