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Something something generals fighting the last war…
— Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) June 15, 2021
Trying to picture buying a new iPhone and being dumped into the App Store on turning it on because antitrust law bans default apps on your phone.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) June 16, 2021
Will users consider this a better experience? Will people be mad when Apple search ads revenue booms? So many questions. https://t.co/QJmdwIob3t
The year is 2025. Pre-installing apps is banned. You buy an iPhone and turn it on. https://t.co/8NK0UTLYPJ pic.twitter.com/BnN4cL5Aqc
— Kevin Lacker (@lacker) June 16, 2021
This is not a reductio ad absurdum. This's a serious proposal that your phone come with blank screen. Who does this help?
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) June 16, 2021
Would it come with a command line or would you have to buy that once you'd turned on the phone? https://t.co/Z6J3wDNyGb
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) June 16, 2021
Up next: Blue Apron and Hungry Root cannot bundle recipes AND ingredients in the same meal kit. It's for your own good, people. https://t.co/Uf1OZ8TOU9
— Neil Chilson (@neil_chilson) June 16, 2021
The funniest thing about this wave of antitrust bills is that it's written to catch, block and shut down Microsoft, even though no-one in tech has been scared of Microsoft killing them for 10 or 15 years. Be careful what you lobby for...
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) June 15, 2021
There's been a lot of antitrust news today. Sen. Mike Lee and Chuck Grassley also dropped their own antitrust overhaul. Here's the one-pager: https://t.co/10qmBruySh
— Leah AntiTrustButVer1fy Nylen (@leah_nylen) June 15, 2021
No federal contracts to companies that have violated the antitrust laws in the last 5 years. (Sorry many pharma companies and Apple)
— Leah AntiTrustButVer1fy Nylen (@leah_nylen) June 15, 2021
A critical review of the bills targeting "Big Tech" from @benedictevans
— Dean Eckles (@deaneckles) June 15, 2021
Data portability is a big, valuable idea — but not an easy one and the Access Act doesn't seem to do any of the hard work here.https://t.co/zuWDdI3idz
None of these laws will stop Stripe which is destined to be as big and powerful as any of the direct > $600B market cap tech companies. Generals fighting the last war indeed.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) June 15, 2021
.@davidcicilline confirmed that under his new antitrust legislation, @Apple would be banned from pre-installing apps on their iPhones/ read more on @TheTerminal @business
— Rebecca Kern (@rebeccamkern) June 16, 2021
Microsoft catching a stray bullet after going around the world lobbying governments to regulate big tech is classic. Pending U.S. bills would ban acquisitions or competing with anyone who builds on its platforms (Office, Windows, Azure, etc).
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) June 16, 2021
Oops. ??♂️ https://t.co/N8B2a8xarv
Microsoft went to DC and asked for regulation, and now it has a bill that says Office, Windows and Azure should be broken into separate companies ?
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) June 15, 2021
Lots of Twitter discussion and now legislation driven off of that discussion has very simplistic remedies to complex problems when it comes to big tech.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) June 15, 2021
It’s funny since no one argues breaking up Toyota fixes drunk driving or emissions yet in tech they do https://t.co/TFiBFPWqDd
Civil fines for knowing violations of the antitrust laws of up to 15% of a company's annual revenues for each year in which the violation occurred. That's in line with EU fines, which can be big $ (see Google's $10B or so)
— Leah AntiTrustButVer1fy Nylen (@leah_nylen) June 15, 2021
So much for "it just works" https://t.co/Tzck77Pmy6
— John Paczkowski (@JohnPaczkowski) June 16, 2021
And joking apart, that shows what bad practice it is to write laws based on a crude quantitative definition of 'big tech' without taking the time and doing the work.
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) June 15, 2021
Zuckerberg has spent years telling anyone who would listen — from policymakers to The Washington Post — that Facebook wants to be regulated. It’s time for action. Tell Mark to publicly endorse the Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act: https://t.co/oSwv2PktOi pic.twitter.com/XAI0xDlkot
— Free Press (@freepress) June 15, 2021
Democrats and Republicans show rare unity in desire to crack down on big tech companies https://t.co/MkbpqY7s4p
— CNBC (@CNBC) June 16, 2021
Democrats and Republicans show rare unity in desire to crack down on big tech companies https://t.co/aSBW2u9WnZ
— CNBC Tech (@CNBCtech) June 16, 2021