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Sumit Sharma

@sumitecon.bsky.social
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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Why the recent Meta settlement with State AGs is a win for Meta @techpolicypress.bsky.social Product design changes do not restrict Meta’s ability to target or monetize teens, nor are damages substantial. Meta might even gain competitively from the settlement www.techpolicy.press/two-reasons-...
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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sharing my new report on US Consumer Benefits of Unlocking Competition in App Distribution on Smartphones for the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF). We estimate that a more competitive app distribution market would result in savings of the order of $8.9B every year for US consumers. Link ⬇️
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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
As Gov Kathy Hochul imposes a data center moratorium in NY @nextgencompetition.bsky.social presents its first AI report card ⬇️
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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My take on the AI bubble and how antitrust enforcement can help. My favorite example of the bubble is ‘All Birds’ a maker of wool sneakers that promised to become a GPU-as-a-Service provider and its stock surged 350% in a week! @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/antitrust-en...
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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
All the cozying up to the Trump Administration coming back to bite Google ! ‘America First’ is increasingly ‘America Alone’ which means naturally but slowly (very slowly ) foreign markets shut out foreign digital infrastructure. How’s that for your bottom line Goolge?
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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Fixed it for you! Jim Jordan is having another sham hearing today - as I wrote in @commondreams.org he is Big Tech’s Most Effective Lobbyist. ⬇️ What a waste of taxpayer dollars!
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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Of course Apple fights tooth & nail for its App Store monopoly and closed ecosystem…it makes over $100 billion from services with a 7️⃣5️⃣ % !! gross margin which makes up 5️⃣0️⃣ % of its profits !
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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Even more reason to look forward to this hearing on AI and competition ! @nextgencompetition.bsky.social sent a letter underscoring the transformative potential of AI and advocating for: policy guardrails & effective competition These policies will reinforce each other - it’s not either or.
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Sumit Sharma @sumitecon.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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