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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It's better to treat incompetence as maliciousness, than to treat maliciousness as incompetence.

The benefit of the doubt should only apply in the absence of a longstanding pattern of behavior to the contrary.

IMO Mozilla has run out of goodwill.

[–] aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

IMO Alphabet has run out of goodwill by abusing their market dominance in a more overt way.

Looking forward to more aggressive action by FTC, note that tech donors have asked Harris for Lina Khan's removal as a quid pro quo.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The key point is the courts only generally care about antitrust issues if they're adversely affecting the consumer, and alphabet is starting to get into that territory.

[–] aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Lina's got her radar pointed...