By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026Remember, the tech giants *want* to stop competing. Mark Zuckerberg and Sudar Pichai colluded to rig the ad-market with a secret program called "Jedi Blue": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_Blueen.wikipedia.orgJedi Blue - Wikipedia 1416
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026Every year, Google sends Apple a bribe of more than $20b in exchange for Apple not entering the search market: appleworld.today/2025/09/goog...appleworld.todayGoogle won’t be barred from entering into search agreements with companies like AppleGoogle won’t be barred from entering into search agreements with companies like Apple. 1394
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026And the biggest tech companies in the world had a secret "no poach" agreement where they illegally promised not to try to hire one another's top engineers by offering them raises: chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/law_and_econ...chicagounbound.uchicago.eduThe Silicon Valley No-Poach ConspiracyThe Silicon Valley no-poach conspiracy is the most important cartel no one has heard of. It is rarely discussed in the cartel literature and is lost to public memory. More than forty tech firms, inclu... 1392
