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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a...
by dang on Thursday July 21, 2022 @05:42PM
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Please don't post nationalistic flamewar comments to HN. We ban accounts that do that. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for.
Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a...
by PoignardAzur on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @02:28PM
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"I don't mean to be presumptuous, but here's a sweeping statement about the entire world economy that assumes Google is representative of every industrial sector there is. Also, any criticism of monopoly power can only possibly come from how jealous other countries are of our American Innovation."
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a...
by PoignardAzur on Thursday July 21, 2022 @08:42AM
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Okay, so I'm not going to address your argument, because I don't think you're open to debate...
But I do want to point out the irony of complaining about banana republics oppressing american companies, when the very etymology of the term is, well, american megacorporations oppressing poor countries with the US government's help.
Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a...
by Apocryphon on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:53PM
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The U.S. itself is also pursuing tech antitrust. This is a global phenomenon.
https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/40669/apple-faces-us-an...
https://macdailynews.com/2022/07/19/facing-stalemate-backers...
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/antitrust-vetera...
Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a...
by from on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:57PM
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These are mostly class action suits that will result in a settlement. Antitrust enforcement in America usually just means the company will sell some of its divisons (maybe Google sells the ad business). Half the push for tech regulation comes from Republicans looking to "own" the Democrats. This EU law would not fly at all in America.
Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a...
by Apocryphon on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @02:04PM
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Tech regulation is coming from both sides of the aisle. The FTC is under the chairmanship of Lina Khan, who cut her teeth as an Amazon critic. Democrats are hugely concerned about the app company platforms permitting tracking of user personal information, especially in the aftermath of Dobbs. (I suppose you said "Half the push", which is accurate as there are bipartisan grievances against Big Tech.) America might not pass a law as comprehensive as this one, but it certainly looks like the regulatory environment is inching towards that direction than ever before. The times, they are a-changing.
Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a...
by bagacrap on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @07:49PM
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> our market, our rules
Do you really believe the EU would be better off if all US businesses left?
Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a...
by tobyhinloopen on Thursday July 21, 2022 @01:34AM
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That won’t happen
There is free movement of good, services, money and people. But it is still 28 similar markets with different cultures, different languages, different bureaucracies and sometimes different currency.
It is 400 million people but comparing the EU to the US is wrong on so many levels.
Also calling the US an "open" market is like saying China is a "free" democracy.
"One would think that if there is truly a US wide market for such an affordable healthcare service a competitor should be able to challenge the current market dominance. The US could even subsidize it."
Also it doesn't matter if the EU could do it themselves. Our market, our rules. If you don't like the rules, don't play.