antitrust
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Google’s Antitrust Clusterfuck Is Turning Into a Three-Way
An antitrust review of Google’s business practices has been a long time coming, and it looks like the U.S. Justice Department is going to make moves on that front very shortly. But there’s growing concern that the case against the search giant will amount to nothing but a political manoeuvre. Adding to Google’s headaches, it’s…
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Bill Barr Is About to Blow Up the Antitrust Case Against Google: Report
Several interested parties in the U.S. government have been looking to put Google’s head on a spike, and while undoubtedly there’s been some degree of jockeying between them for which will ultimately get the credit, they’ve been proceeding with care and caution in the interest of building an ironclad case against a particularly canny opponent.…
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Apple Has Finally Gotten Too Big for Its Britches
What started out as a battle between Apple and Epic over direct in-app purchases in Fortnite has evolved into an ill-advised, petty revenge scheme. On Sunday, Epic filed a new motion to bar Apple from revoking iOS and macOS support for its Unreal Engine while its other beef is ongoing.
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Amazon Can Add Germany and Canada to Its List of Investigation Headaches
Joining the multiple parties currently investigating Amazon and its shady marketplace behaviour, authorities in Germany and Canada are now launching their own respective probes.