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Court Orders Google (a Monopolist) To Knock It Off With the Monopoly Stuff


A federal court recently ordered Google to make it easier for Android users to switch to rival app stores, banned Google from using its vast cash reserves to block competitors, and hit Google with a bundle of thou-shalt-nots and assorted prohibitions.Each of these measures is well crafted, narrowly...

When it comes to Big Tech, harm to innovation—in the form of “ kill zones,” where major corporations buy up new entrants to a market before they can compete with them—has been easy to find. The significance of the FTC staff report comes not only from the abuses they have meticulously documented, but the policy and technological possibilities that can follow from the willingness to embrace alternatives. The 900 MHz band, a frequency range serving as a commons for all, is now at risk due to NextNav’s brazen attempt to privatize this shared resource.

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