Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22/02/2025Google, a humble mom-and-pop shop worth $1.9 trillion, is scandalized that 🇨🇦’s Competition Bureau thinks it might be abusing its dominant position in online advertising. Nice to see the bureau taking on one tech overlord. But... 530821
Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22/02/2025..what about the telecom giants that gouge us? The grocery oligopolies that price-fix food? The corporate landlords snapping up buildings and jacking up rents with algorithmic pricing?6 4526
Donald (not the Facist) - 🥲USA 🇨🇦Friendly @dn-ny-mtl.bsky.social · 22/02/2025They're mainly Canadian, which means they can if there's the will, but their isn't. Competition in the US is fierce Canada's own Ryan Reynolds is on TV all day selling us "Mint Mobile", owned by T-Mobile, for US$15/line Guessing US Private Equity funds scooped up housing like they did in the US. 😱 000
Jamie @jlux90.bsky.social · 22/02/2025People need to shop around and change their providers regularly, it's very easy here in Australia. I check for cheaper deals on my phone, home internet and power every 6 months as sign up discounts are usually last 6 months. Go for whatever's cheapest and avoid the big companies where possible. 100
Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22/02/2025Imagine if we had a government that took on all monopolies in Canada. www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...ctvnews.caGoogle Canada denies abusing market power in Competition Bureau suitGoogle denies abusing its market power in a written response to the Competition Bureau’s lawsuit over the tech giant’s advertising practices in Canada. 1244
