Indie brewers kept out of UK bars and pubs by multinationals, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/27/indie-brewers-kept-out-uk-bars-pubs-by-multinationals?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #Capitalism #anticompetitive
Three ex-LG New Zealand staff guilty of destroying evidence in anti-competitive investigation https://www.byteseu.com/946895/ #anticompetitive #conduct #destroying #during #evidence #exlg #former #guilty #in #into #investigation #involvement #Managers #named #new #NewZealand #of #pleaded #potential #STAFF #their #three #zealand
"A US judge ruled Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some ad tech. This is the second time a judge ruled Google willfully engaged in monopolistic practices. The remedies for these rulings are still being worked out but may strengthen the case to have Google's business broken up."
> found via Barry Schwartz on FB.
#google #monopoly #anticompetitive #bigtech #legalnews #platformmonopoly
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-monopoly-ruling-two-39258.html
@ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen @fuchsiii obviously, that would've been a good standard for everyone, given that almost all non-#Gaming #Apps these days are #WebApps and at that point we'd not have 100+ MB #bloatware that essentially just loads a #Website and can't even cache shit!
Personally I believe the @europarl_en & @EUCommission could do that and establish as well as enforce an #EC #norm, just as they did with #USBc, #CCS2 and #GDPR!
#Android needs to be better as in being more than just the "lesser evil" compared to iOS!
THE EUROPEAN CLOUD COMPETITION OBSERVATORY (ECCO)
First report: Microsoft Rated Amber, Broadcom Raises Red Flags 
Jeff Bezos: Everything You Didn’t Know About his Shi*ty past
»#EU Plans to #Fine #Apple for #Anticompetitive #AppStore Practices: Apple did not implement changes that allowed #developers to steer users to cheaper prices outside of the #AppStore.« https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/05/eu-apple-fine-anticompetitive-app-store-practices/?eicker.news #tech #media
Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge / Google must give rival third-party app stores access to the full catalog of Google Play apps — and distribute third-party stores. #Google #Alphabet #Android #legal #GooglePlay #Monopoly #AntiCompetitive
"Ed @Zitron is joined by @jasonkint, CEO of DCN and Arielle Garcia, Director of Intelligence at CheckMyAds, for the third episode of Better Offline's coverage of the Department of Justice's second antitrust case against Google, one that alleges that "through #SerialAcquisitions and #Anticompetitive Auction #Manipulation, #Google Subverted Competition in Internet #Advertising Technologies."
#adtech
https://pca.st/episode/53556b8f-78b5-4344-9363-d8b1486b962e
During his testimony at the Google antitrust trial, Neal Mohan, the CEO of YouTube, said that Google‘s advantages in the digital advertising industry stem from “product innovation” not #anticompetitive practices. https://buff.ly/3ZC46Uq
The Oligarch (Kleptocrat) class, and their Political and Corporate Proxies Escalate Attacks Against FCC's Khan As Harris Outlines Potential Administration
#BlackMastodon #LGBTQ #Trans #Labor #Labour #WorkerRights #ConsumerRights #Illiberal #antiCompetitive #antiDemocratic #Monopolist #antiUnion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5oEnaCc3Pc
1/ From the law firm bringing the #antitrust lawsuit against six academic #publishers.
https://www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/academic-journals/
The suit alleges three #anticompetitive practices:
1. agreeing to "fix the price…at zero" for the #labor of authors and peer reviewers;
2. agreeing not to compete for manuscripts, forcing authors to submit to one journal at a time;
3. agreeing to prohibit authors from sharing their work while under peer review, "a process that often takes over a year".
How Amazon "Lied, Spied, Cheated Its Way to the Top": WSJ Reporter Dana Mattioli
#Illiberal #AntiDemocratic #AntiCapitalist #AntiCompetitive #Monopolist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgGTUCKnoss
Speaking of #monopoly, how much of your money have you given to this company?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24218629/patreon-membership-ios-30-percent-apple-tax
Google is an illegal monopoly, federal court rules
Judgment delivers a victory to the Justice Department as it takes on a string of federal antitrust lawsuits against Big Tech.
Who would have thought? 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/05/doj-google-monopoly-trial-judgment/
https://www.sootoday.com/national-business/bell-files-injunction-seeking-to-block-rogers-from-broadcasting-warner-bros-content-9164788
Bell is asking the court to block Canadians from seeing these #Discovery channels for two years — stopping anyone in Canada from distributing them and stopping anyone in #Canada from watching them.
#Bell admits they practiced #anti-competitive behavior with #WB, and want the courts to punish #Canadians for #Rogers deal!
The Guardian: Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia investigated over monopoly laws — #US regulators open inquiry into #AI firms over #antitrust laws that oversee fair competition.
#Microsoft, #OpenAI, and #NVIDIA have multiple investigations for #anticompetitive behaviour. M$ has repeatedly across many legal jurisdictions been found to be a #monopoly. #Inflection is part of investigations, and #Google owner #Alphabet, #Amazon, and #Anthropic by #USA's #DoJ, #FTC
