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FTC, DOJ launch joint public inquiry of merger rules focused on big tech
Exactly. This has been a sore spot for me for decades. All the way back to when Microsoft was under fire for including Internet Explorer with the OS. The government was trying to say that it was a monopoly and it was an unfair advantage. I always felt that was total BS. Anyone could use whatever web browser they wanted and there were plenty to choose from. It absolutely was not Microsoft’s fault that people did not use other web browsers. Now I think Microsoft Edge has less than a 4% market share and Chrome is dominating. So I think that proves right there that people can make up their own mind without government interference.viclauyyc said:
Both parties are not brave enough to do that. Only 3 US car makers and 3 Wireless providers, but more than 10 search engine. Do you think the US government will dare to break up these companies?mac_dog said:They need to create a law that incorporates ALL companies, not just tech. How about the financial, pharmaceutical, cable and huge conglomerates like Pepsi, coke and kellogs?I don’t understand why a good tech company is being blamed by other’s failure. If google can unseated yahoo, why not other can beat google.Without eBay buying PayPal, we will not have Tesla and SpaceX. The owner of small tech companies have total control to sell their companies or not.I am sure there are mergers that is bad for competition, eg Facebook’s Instagram/WhatsApp. But doing internet business is hard and need a lot of capital. Will Instagram succeed without FB’s deep pockets? That is not a easy question.
Same thing with Google. It is absolutely not Google’s fault that people are not using other search engines. I use both Google and Bing and I think that Bing is actually far superior in some instances like for example when searching videos. But if people only use Google and don’t try other search engines then that is their own fault and not the fault of Google.
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FTC's lawsuit trying to break up Meta will go on
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These are the Mac features exclusive to Apple Silicon
Not a big deal but just in case you wanted to fix a typo, at the beginning of the maps segment you typed glove instead of globe.
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AirPods are no longer cool, claim people who can't afford them
I don’t understand why people use censored words. If you believe that a certain word is offensive then why not use a word that is not offensive? Why not just “untangling the cords” or “untangling the damn cords”? I guess I can understand that people would self censor if they really wanted to use the word but can’t because the website won’t allow it but if the website doesn’t care about language then I guess that self censoring makes no sense to me.scout6900 said:They had me at no more untangling the f’g cords.
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White House shot down Intel plans to increase chip production in China
Taiwan doesn’t want to be ruled by China. So if China takes over Taiwan, it would not be peaceful. The only way Taiwan would agree to reunite with China would be if the Chinese government changed systems to a democratic form of government which will not happen any time soon.waveparticle said:
Yes, Xi want to peacefully reunite with Taiwan. Do you understand the political meaning of the word peacefully here?slow n easy said:
Yes, it would be about invading. Taiwan is democratic with very different laws and a very different political system. China is a Dictatorship which does not have the Rule of Law. The Taiwanese people do not want to be ruled by China. So yes it would be an invasion. Also it is not up to the Chinese people to forge their own destiny. It is up to Xi Jinping to forge the destiny of the Chinese people because he makes all the rules and there is nothing the Chinese people can do about it. If a Chinese citizen doesn’t like one of Xi Jinping’s rules and speaks up about it, then they can go to prison. Or I guess you could say the Communist Party’s rules but Xi Jinping is the head of the party so he usually gets what he wants.joogabah said:
Both the PRC and Taiwan officially consider themselves to be the governments of ALL of China.tmay said:
Gee, if only the PRC would limit itself to occupying Mainland China.waveparticle said:
Are you an American? You are illogical. You do not live in China. Why are you afraid of losing freedom and democracy because of China?22july2013 said:
I buy from non-dictatorships any time I can, even when it costs more. But I don't hate. Don't make it sounds that I'm motivated by hate. I'm motivated by love for freedom and democracy.Xed said:LOL I can't wait to hear the contortions of people ... that hate private US companies from doing any business outside the US, especially in China.
If you want to imagine that I'm motivated by hate, I guess that's your right to be wrong.
Instead, it's all about invading Taiwan, occupying the South China Sea, and the First Island Chain, as if those were exclusive economic zones for the PRC. Moreover, the PRC is more than happy to export its brand of authoritarianism. Fortunately, the West is quite aware of the PRC's broad expansionist plans, and while late to constrain the PRC, the West is strengthening alliances to resist that expansionism, both militarily and economically.
Meanwhile, the PRC has a limited timeframe to do all of this before its heavily senior demographics overwhelms its shrinking working population, all with a birth rate that is too little to maintain the population. It's probable that the PRC won't ever be a rich country, and can expect its population to halve by 2060.
What the West is concerned about is that Xi will launch an invasion of Taiwan by 2025, and will attempt to challenge the West's military supremacy in the Pacific in this decade, but that risk diminishes by 2035.
You can't invade your own country. This is an internal matter between factions within China, part of a stalemate in a civil war, and it is wildly inappropriate for the USA to be dictating who should prevail. It should be up to the Chinese people to forge their own destiny.
