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Bytes Europe<p>Three ex-LG New Zealand staff guilty of destroying evidence in anti-competitive investigation <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/946895/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/946895/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/anticompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticompetitive</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/conduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conduct</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/destroying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destroying</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/during" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>during</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/exlg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exlg</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/former" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>former</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/guilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guilty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/in" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>in</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/into" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>into</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/investigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investigation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/involvement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>involvement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Managers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Managers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/named" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>named</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>new</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/of" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>of</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pleaded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pleaded</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/potential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>potential</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/STAFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STAFF</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/their" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>their</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/three" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>three</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/zealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zealand</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ajsadauskas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ajsadauskas</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JessTheUnstill</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@tomiahonen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tomiahonen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> obviously, that would've been a good standard for everyone, given that almost all non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> these days are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebApps</span></a> and at that point we'd not have 100+ MB <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloatware</span></a> that essentially just loads a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Website</span></a> and can't even cache shit!</p><ul><li><em>/me stares angrily at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cordova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cordova</span></a></em></li></ul><p>Personally I believe the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@europarl_en" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>europarl_en</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> could do that and establish as well as enforce an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/norm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norm</span></a>, just as they did with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USBc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USBc</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CCS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCS2</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a>!</p><ul><li>It's just lack of political <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pressure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pressure</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/will" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>will</span></a> to actually deal with the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiCompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiCompetitive</span></a>-ness of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> and given <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> got forced into the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BrowserChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserChoice</span></a> setup in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsXP</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows7</span></a>, I <em>demand</em> the same for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> to include not only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> but also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a>!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> needs to be <em>better</em> as in being more than just the <em>"lesser evil"</em> compared to iOS!</p>
DinkyShop :fediverse:<p>Jeff Bezos: Everything You Didn’t Know About his Shi*ty past </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/IDFM7j-44Tg?si=wq4pODxdFLm_IOI4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/IDFM7j-44Tg?si=wq4pOD</span><span class="invisible">xdFLm_IOI4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/osha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>osha</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retail</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dork</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>walmart</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AntiCompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiCompetitive</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/logistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logistics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
eicker.news ᳇ tech news<p>»<a href="https://eicker.news/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> Plans to <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Fine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fine</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> for <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Anticompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anticompetitive</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/AppStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppStore</span></a> Practices: Apple did not implement changes that allowed <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a> to steer users to cheaper prices outside of the ‌<a href="https://eicker.news/tags/AppStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppStore</span></a>‌.« <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/05/eu-apple-fine-anticompetitive-app-store-practices/?eicker.news" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">macrumors.com/2024/11/05/eu-ap</span><span class="invisible">ple-fine-anticompetitive-app-store-practices/?eicker.news</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>4/ Historical footnote. In 2002 the UK Office of Fair Trading (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OFT</span></a>) reviewed complaints about <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BigDeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigDeals</span></a> and other <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/anticompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticompetitive</span></a> practices in academic <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a>. It found market distortions but decided 𝘯𝘰𝘵 to act — because of the then-recent rise of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>. "It is too early to assess what will be the impact of this [digital publishing &amp; access] but there is a possibility that it will be a powerful restraint on exploiting positional advantage in the STM journals market."<br><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20051025123345/www.oft.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A56C7602-C0BD-428D-BED2-36784363243B/0/oft396.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2005102512</span><span class="invisible">3345/www.oft.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A56C7602-C0BD-428D-BED2-36784363243B/0/oft396.pdf</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>1/ From the law firm bringing the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> lawsuit against six academic <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/academic-journals/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/ac</span><span class="invisible">ademic-journals/</span></a> </p><p>The suit alleges three <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/anticompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticompetitive</span></a> practices:<br>1. agreeing to "fix the price…at zero" for the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> of authors and peer reviewers;<br>2. agreeing not to compete for manuscripts, forcing authors to submit to one journal at a time;<br>3. agreeing to prohibit authors from sharing their work while under peer review, "a process that often takes over a year". </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PriceFixing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceFixing</span></a></p><p>🧵</p>
🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸<p>Speaking of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a>, how much of your money have you given to this company?</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24218629/patreon-membership-ios-30-percent-apple-tax" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/2024/8/12/2421862</span><span class="invisible">9/patreon-membership-ios-30-percent-apple-tax</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aapl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aapl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ios</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mac</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>app</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/appstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appstore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticompetitive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patreon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patreon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creator</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>charity</span></a></p>
David August ❌👑<p>Not great. </p><p>Source: <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/23/spineless/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2024/05/23/spi</span><span class="invisible">neless/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/monopsony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopsony</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/consolidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consolidation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/anticompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticompetitive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p>"As a result of the DMA the tech giant allows to install other browsers as defaults. Apple ensured that these browsers can no longer use WebKit because it would make them faster than Safari. To this end, the tech giant blocked the WebKit API in iOS 17.4."<br><a href="https://www.techzine.eu/news/privacy-compliance/116980/apples-changes-to-comply-with-the-dma-opens-new-european-antitrust-investigation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techzine.eu/news/privacy-compl</span><span class="invisible">iance/116980/apples-changes-to-comply-with-the-dma-opens-new-european-antitrust-investigation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DMA</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/WebKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebKit</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/rendering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rendering</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FrontEnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrontEnd</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/PWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PWA</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Sideloading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sideloading</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AppleStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleStore</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Safari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Safari</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/iOS174" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS174</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AntiCompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiCompetitive</span></a></p>
trendless 🇨🇦 :flag_AB:<p>Today's performative rituals to please the three-headed god of Canadian telecommunications: opening up “wholesale” access to FTTP networks** </p><p>(**only Bell+Telus, only in ON+QC, ostensibly to create “competition” and downward price pressure)</p><p>&gt; Telecom Decision CRTC 2023-358<br><a href="https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2023/2023-358.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2023/20</span><span class="invisible">23-358.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/DOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOA</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Oligopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligopoly</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/AntiConsumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiConsumer</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/AntiCompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiCompetitive</span></a></p>
Francis ☑️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@badlogic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>badlogic</span></a></span> good job, well done. I recall that there was a website in the UK that did supermarket price comparisons, but it was shut down via copyright law: the supermarkets licence product images from a third party so when the guy used the same images as the supermarkets to.illustrate the price comparisons, he was threatened by the product image company and forced to shut down.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticompetitive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/supermarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>supermarkets</span></a></p>
royal<p>Any <a href="https://theres.life/tags/Thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/x1y3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x1y3</span></a> users know where to find old <a href="https://theres.life/tags/BIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIOS</span></a> files? Lenovo decided to validate batteries, and now my aftermarket won't charge. <a href="https://theres.life/tags/plannedObsolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plannedObsolence</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/anticompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticompetitive</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lenovo</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/techsupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techsupport</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/pleaseboost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pleaseboost</span></a></p>
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Jeremiah Lee<p>Anti-competitive behavior from Google: 3rd party appointment booking services like Calendly are now being restricted in a way Google’s newly launched competitor is not.</p><p>Google recently changed users’ defaults to not show 3rd party invites in Calendar unless the booker has previously emailed the host. This defeats the purpose of scheduling apps. People then miss meetings because they never appear in their calendars.</p><p><a href="https://alpaca.gold/tags/BreakUpBigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreakUpBigTech</span></a> <a href="https://alpaca.gold/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://alpaca.gold/tags/anticompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticompetitive</span></a></p><p><a href="https://help.calendly.com/hc/en-us/articles/13009942892311-Google-Calendar-Invitations-Unknown-Sender-emails-" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">help.calendly.com/hc/en-us/art</span><span class="invisible">icles/13009942892311-Google-Calendar-Invitations-Unknown-Sender-emails-</span></a></p>