By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/06/2026But once a company owns the market - once they've achieved dominance by buying out their rivals; by bribing potential competitors to stay out of their lane; and by engaging in deceptive conduct to trap key suppliers and customers. 10/ 1182
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/06/2026They could cement their dominance by blocking interoperability, keeping out rival dishes, milk, gas, lightbulbs, shoelaces and bread, capturing their whole market and *squeezing* it. 11/ 1171
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/06/2026That's what Google has done, and that's what Google wants to do more of. Google's commercial behavior has been so unethical, deceptive and abusive that the company just lost *three* federal antitrust cases: www.bigtechontrial.com/p/google-los... 12/bigtechontrial.comGoogle Loses the Adtech Monopolization CaseJudge Leonie Brinkema ruled against the search giant for its control over the software underpinning online ad buying. Now it's on to the remedy. 23210
