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Re:Google to remove all VPN ad blockers that don’t comply wi... by ameshkov on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:32PM (#33470589)
I wouldn’t say that these are exceptions or that they’re meaningless. EU and US antitrusts are just very slow, but we’ve already seen examples how antitrust authorities in other countries change the situation (see South Korea vs Apple, but there are more). These cases usually affect rules in a single country, but they contribute to the big ones (EU and US) too.
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Re:Google to remove all VPN ad blockers that don’t comply wi... by user3939382 on Friday November 04, 2022 @02:42PM (#33471704)
I would say slow is a charitable characterization of US antitrust enforcement, just because I consistently see these huge mergers go through that the Justice department or FTC should have prevented in the first place. We had that case against Microsoft but it was a very long time ago and basically had no effect.

If Justice approves Adobe-Figma you can be sure our antitrust teeth are gone.

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