Elon Musk Sues Apple and OpenAI, Alleging Antitrust Scheme to Control the AI and Smartphone Markets

#AI#xAI#ElonMusk#Apple#OpenAI#Antitrust#Lawsuit

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/08/25/elon-musk-sues-apple-and-openai-alleging-antitrust-scheme-to-control-the-ai-and-smartphone-markets-xcxwbn

Elon Musk Sues Apple and OpenAI, Alleging Antitrust Scheme to Control the AI and Smartphone Markets

#AI#xAI#ElonMusk#Apple#OpenAI#Antitrust#Lawsuit

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/08/25/elon-musk-sues-apple-and-openai-alleging-antitrust-scheme-to-control-the-ai-and-smartphone-markets-xcxwbn

Almost 10 years ago, I wrote an article about consolidation in movies, and the vertical integration perils of movie studios owning the movie distribution channels.

4 years ago, I republished it, because the trend continued.

Now, the trend keeps going. Not great for the industry or the audience.

https://stuff.davidaugust.com/whats-old-is-new-again-antitrust/

#movies #tv #film #television #consolidation #monopoly #antitrust

Almost 10 years ago, I wrote an article about consolidation in movies, and the vertical integration perils of movie studios owning the movie distribution channels.

4 years ago, I republished it, because the trend continued.

Now, the trend keeps going. Not great for the industry or the audience.

https://stuff.davidaugust.com/whats-old-is-new-again-antitrust/

#movies #tv #film #television #consolidation #monopoly #antitrust

Next was a great panel on antitrust in labor markets, with a focus on Türkiye, at the GW Competition & Innovation Lab with Eda Sahin-Sengul, Mustafa Ayna, Kate Newman, and Nezir Furkan Kıran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3EMadizEg (3/7) #antitrust

"One would rightly quail if just a few foreign firms owned Europe’s roads, ports or electricity grid. Yet, for 15 years, this is precisely what we’ve allowed to happen to our tech infrastructure — the backbone of our economy and democracy." 💯 #DMA #antitrust#Google#Meta #news #adtech#DigitalSovereignty #StrategicAutonomyhttps://www.politico.eu/article/digital-sovereignty-us-brussels-belgium-trade-talks-tech/

"One would rightly quail if just a few foreign firms owned Europe’s roads, ports or electricity grid. Yet, for 15 years, this is precisely what we’ve allowed to happen to our tech infrastructure — the backbone of our economy and democracy." 💯 #DMA #antitrust#Google#Meta #news #adtech#DigitalSovereignty #StrategicAutonomyhttps://www.politico.eu/article/digital-sovereignty-us-brussels-belgium-trade-talks-tech/

One outcome of the 2001 antitrust case against BorgSoft was to stop them making all web browsing on Windows depend on Internet Exploiter. The Safari WebView on iThings does *exactly* what BorgSoft were forbidden from doing.

I'm guessing Goggle use various backhanded tricks to push app devs into using the Chrome WebView on Android. We're certainly at risk of future enshittification making it compulsory there too.

#AntiMonopoly prosecutors take note.

#AntiTrust

Interesting take on the recent uptick in #antitrust enforcement by @pluralistic. However, I think billionaire capture of politics is much more pronounced in the US compared to other countries that have stricter campaign finance laws. In the US, billionaires can basically “bid” for political power through PACs. #USpol.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114761321796914062

Interesting take on the recent uptick in #antitrust enforcement by @pluralistic. However, I think billionaire capture of politics is much more pronounced in the US compared to other countries that have stricter campaign finance laws. In the US, billionaires can basically “bid” for political power through PACs. #USpol.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114761321796914062

Britain's competition regulator has finally come up with a plan to control Google's search business, but a shift in the political wind in favor of big tech makes it more of a bark than a bite. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/26/tech/uk-politics-antitrust-google/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #google #alphabet #tech #antitrust #uk

⛔ Microsoft is blocking Google Chrome through its family safety feature • The Verge

｢ some users have even found that renaming Chrome.exe to Chrome1.exe works around this issue ｣

https://www.theverge.com/news/690179/microsoft-block-google-chrome-family-safety-feature

#microsoft #chrome #antitrust

Good morning Fediverse's EU tech policy nerds!

Up today: the @EUCommission's #DMA workshop with #gatekeeper#Microsoft.

(Sorry #NGIForum25 two floors below, no time for you today 😌)

We haven't started yet and the room is still empty, but I'm hoping we'll discuss how #Windows is abused to dominate other markets, by aggressively nudging users to #Edge, #Xbox, #OneDrive, #ChatGPT, etc.

#DigitalMarketsAct#competition #antitrust#monopolies

"Maybe, something like this [anti-genocide boycotts] will shame this will scare, or shame ... festivals or companies or whatever into making more ethical choices.

I mean, this is before we even get onto the antitrust case that the US DoJ is taking against TicketMaster and Live Nation, which is next March I think that starts. Big money is never clean."

#UnaMullally, 2025

https://nialler9.com/palestine-kneecap-and-why-artists-are-boycotting-music-festivals-podcast

#podcasts #Nialler9 #MusicFestivals #TicketMaster #LiveNation #AntiTrust #AntiMonopoly #USDOJ