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Eaton (eaton@phire.place)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 21:21:55 JST Eaton
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@ianb the distinction between “punishing a bad actor”and “preventing monopoly distortions of a market in the future” seems to really confuse them, eh

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  Ian Betteridge (ianb@mastodon.well.com)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 21:21:56 JST Ian Betteridge
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  This is the thing that tech bros never understand: someone can “win” fair and square and, because they have developed a monopoly, still be subject to limitations and divestitures. The point is to ensure that markets remain competitive.
  
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  Ian Betteridge (ianb@mastodon.well.com)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 21:21:57 JST Ian Betteridge
  
  “IBM won the mainframe wars fair and square by building a better product for business.”
  Oh no wait, we’re talking about Google.
  https://world.hey.com/dhh/don-t-make-google-sell-chrome-93cefbc6
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    Don't make Google sell Chrome
    
    The web will be far worse off if Google is forced to sell Chrome, even if it's to atone for legitimate ad-market monopoly abuses. Which mean we'll all be worse off as the web would lose ground to actual monopoly platforms, like the iOS App Store and Google's own Play Store. First, Chrome won the browser war fair and square by building ...

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