Fricken #BellCanada and #Rogers #anticompetition #internet in #Canada. Step up #CRTC.
I just went to set up #TekSavvy for my new apartment and apparently the #FiberOptic line going into the building is blocked for #IndepententServiceProviders. I've been with TekSavvy for probably close to 20 years (National Capital Freenet before that).
Especially ridiculous that they can do this going into an #AffordableHousing building and charge tenants whatever ridiculous inflated rates they want.
#bellcanada #rogers #anticompetition #internet #canada #crtc #teksavvy #fiberoptic #indepententserviceproviders #affordablehousing
And yes, #Apple's #AntiRepair should be illegal simply for being #AntiCompetition and an extra #Asshole Move designed to create 100% avoidable #eWaste for their corporate #Profit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2WhU77ihw8&t=290s
#profit #ewaste #asshole #anticompetition #antirepair #Apple
So if #Microsoft got blocked from buying #Activision cause it would give them too many gaming franchises, then why is #MatchGroup allowed to own 25 different dating apps & sites and not face similar #antitrust rules? The online dating space is has a severe lack of competition to #Match.
#Competition #OnlineDating #Dating #Tinder #PlentyOfFish #POF #Hinge #AntiCompetitive #anticompetition #OkCupid #Xbox #Gaming #CallOfDuty #ActivisionBlizzard #Blizzard
#microsoft #activision #matchgroup #AntiTrust #match #competition #onlinedating #dating #tinder #plentyoffish #pof #hinge #anticompetitive #anticompetition #okcupid #XBox #gaming #callofduty #ActivisionBlizzard #blizzard
ISP admits lying to FCC about size of network to block funding to rivals
#ISP #FCC #AntiCompetition #SmartWayCommunications #Ohio
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/02/cable-company-tries-to-block-grants-to-rivals-by-lying-about-coverage-area/
#isp #fcc #anticompetition #smartwaycommunications #ohio
Comcast debacles dominate Ars Technica’s biggest ISP horror stories of 2022
#Comcast #InternetInequality #AntiCompetition #Billing
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/comcast-debacles-dominate-ars-technicas-biggest-isp-horror-stories-of-2022/
#comcast #internetinequality #anticompetition #billing
Twitter abruptly bans all links to Instagram, Mastodon, and other competitors
The platform will still allow the paid promotion of these banned social platforms, however.
#ElonMusk #Twitter #Instagram #Mastodon #AntiCompetition
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/18/23515221/twitter-bans-links-instagram-mastodon-competitors
#elonmusk #twitter #instagram #mastodon #anticompetition
Lone Skum’s midlife crisis is going to be sued, fined and banned into little pieces in the EU. #anticompetition
Elon's Commitment To Free Speech Rapidly Replaced By His Commitment To Blatant Hypocrisy: Bans The JoinMastodon Twitter Account
#FreeSpeech #AntiCompetition #ElonMusk #Twitter #JoinMastodon #Mastodon
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/15/elons-commitment-to-free-speech-rapidly-replaced-by-his-commitment-to-blatant-hypocrisy-bans-the-joinmastodon-account/
#freespeech #anticompetition #elonmusk #twitter #joinmastodon #mastodon
A misdirected email reveals Cable One wants to fight publicly funded ISPs tooth and nail, referring to blocking government grants to its competition as one of its "most important tasks."
#CableOne #CableInternet #AntiCompetition #ISP #MunicipalBroadband
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/cable-companys-accidental-email-to-rival-discusses-plan-to-block-competition/
#cableone #cableinternet #anticompetition #isp #municipalbroadband
Microsoft BS (much too long for a Mastoot): https://hub.toot.cat/channel/woozle/?f=&mid=8402100e2fd09b15f5cf6e487c2654abefffc47bcdf3ead5161a195103329b23@hub.toot.cat