Antitrust
The endgame for Aggregation Theory is inevitably antitrust.
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The Justice Department’s lawsuit against Google is appropriately narrow, and if it fails it gives a template for Congressional action.
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Analyzing the politics of the antitrust hearing featuring the CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook.
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Understanding the differences between platforms and Aggregators is critical when it comes to considering regulation.
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The European Commission’s antitrust case against Google is likely to be the first of many against aggregators, because the end game of Aggregation Theory is monopoly.
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Technological Scale and Government Control, Paramount Outbids Netflix for Warner Bros.
Why government is not the primary customer for tech companies, and is Netflix relieved that they were outbid for Warner Bros.?
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Nvidia and Groq, A Stinkily Brilliant Deal, Why This Deal Makes Sense
Nvidia is licensing Groq’s technology and hiring most of its employees; it’s the most potent application of tech’s don’t-call-it-an-acquisition deal model yet.
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ChatGPT Image 1.5; Apple v. Epic, Continued; Holiday Schedule
ChatGPT Image 1.5 launched, and while it seems comparable to Gemini’s Nano Banana Pro, the product around it shows OpenAI’s advantages. Then, Apple v. Epic rolls on.
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Netflix and the Hollywood End Game
Netflix is driving the Hollywood end game, likely confident it can increase the value of IP, and fend off YouTube.
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iPhones 17 and the Sugar Water Trap
Apple’s iPhone announcement was impressive, but no one was impressed, because Apple is increasingly peripheral to what is changing the world.
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Google Remedy Decision, Reasonable Remedies, The Google Patronage Network
Google lost some battles but won the war in its search distribution case: the Google patronage network was deemed too important to undo.
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Google and Windsurf, Stinky Deals, Chesterton’s Fence and the Silicon Valley Ecosystem
Windsurf’s founders and IP are going to Google in the latest stinky deal that is downstream of regulator’s recklessly messing the startup ecosystem.