Re:Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible
by bogwog on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @08:23AM
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> “We (Microsoft) are in a very unique position to be able to go spend Sony out of business,” said Booty in a December 2019 email, referencing spending $2 billion or $3 billion in 2020 to avoid competitors getting ahead in content at a later date.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/26/23774547/microsoft-sony-x...
The FTC lost that case.
I think at this point, if a big tech executive avoids doing something due to the threat of antitrust lawsuits, they're just incompetent.