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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by pmarreck on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @02:48PM (#37664007)
So basically, Apple's focus on user privacy had the knock-on effect of ruining Amazon's potential competition?

That's astoundingly rich

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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by HWR_14 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @07:21PM (#37667256)
Amazon's "potential competition" in this case is driven by ads via Meta (or maybe Google). I'm all for Apple preventing Meta from spying on me, even if it makes it hard for small companies to advertise to me.
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by dehrmann on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @02:12AM (#37670812)
It's really just a non-obvious consequence.
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by lightbendover on Thursday September 28, 2023 @08:44AM (#37688829)
Not really, all the walled gardens were internally celebrating the decision.
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