Fascinating read on #technology, #monopolies, #policy, #ethics (or lack thereof)

https://www.wired.com/story/the-internet-con-cory-doctorow-book-excerpt/

#Monopolies are #wasteful because it's more capital-efficient to do nothing in certain circumstances than something because you already control it

#genocide

A fantastic post by Proton as to why all the fines levied against big tech haven’t made an ounce of difference. They won’t change until the cost of the status quo is more painful than change.

#tech #technology #amazon #google #meta #alphabet #facebook #instagram #microsoft #apple #privacy #business #policy #Politics #law #gdpr #monopolies #criminal

https://proton.me/blog/big-tech-bigger-fines

Now I kinda like the #digitalservicesact

Opensource/nonprofits dont have to stress about it.

It encourages Mastodon instance owners to not try to get so big and try to monopolies the fediverse, or other wise risk fines, and more likely applying for the digital services act, and getting banned in the eu.

So indirectly it prevents what's happening with big tech from happening with fediverse when it comes to #monopolies

Ten dollars for a block of cheese?! Who is making the supermarkets do this?! | @firstdogonthemoon https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/25/ten-dollars-for-a-block-of-cheese-who-is-making-the-supermarkets-do-this #cartoons #cheese #monopolies

📡 How #Five_Companies CONTROL All #US_Media 📡

Capitalism And #Monopolies

#MAINSTREAM_NEWS #KEYWORD OF THE #DAY??

~ #RESILIENCE! ~

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Dumber than Dumber?? AKA LOSERS!

#RESILIENCE is Just Another Word for those who #CANNOT_ADMIT #FAILURE!

If you were to pick a bunch of Media operations from a HAT, ODDS are that the VAST MAJORITY of them are #owned and #operated by #ONE (1) of just five (5) #MEGA_CORPORATIONS.

Since the early 1980's the number of Media Companies CONTROLLING the #BULK of #Media have shrunk from 50 to just 5? We've gone from a media landscape operated by a reasonable amount of #controlling_interest to a #REALITY_DOMINATED by mere MONOPOLIES -- Just barely #sneaking under the #enforcement of #ANTI_TRUST_LAWS.

In this episode we are going to talk about the #CONSOLIDATION OF #AMERICAN_MEDIA in the hands of a few #ULTRA_POWERFUL Companies and what that means in a time when the very #WEALTHY have outside #INFLUENCE over #Public_Policy. Aug 28, 2020

You're probably aware that Disney owns Marvel and Lucasfilm, but do you really know how consolidated the American media landscape is? In this episode, we're looking at how just five mega-corporations control the #entirety of #US_Media.

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📡 How #Five_Companies CONTROL All #US_Media 📡

Capitalism And #Monopolies

#MAINSTREAM_NEWS #KEYWORD OF THE #DAY??

~#RESILIENCE!~

#FOUNDER_OF_SEO;)

Dumber than Dumber?? AKA LOSERS!

#RESILIENCE is Just Another Word for those who #CANNOT_ADMIT #FAILURE!

If you were to pick a bunch of Media operations from a HAT, ODDS are that the VAST MAJORITY of them are #owned and #operated by #ONE (1) of just five (5) #MEGA_CORPORATIONS.

Since the early 1980's the number of Media Companies CONTROLLING the #BULK of #Media have shrunk from 50 to just 5? We've gone from a media landscape operated by a reasonable amount of #controlling_interest to a #REALITY_DOMINATED by mere MONOPOLIES -- Just barely #sneaking under the #enforcement of #ANTI_TRUST_LAWS.

In this episode we are going to talk about the #CONSOLIDATION OF #AMERICAN_MEDIA in the hands of a few #ULTRA_POWERFUL Companies and what that means in a time when the very #WEALTHY have outside #INFLUENCE over #Public_Policy. Aug 28, 2020

You're probably aware that Disney owns Marvel and Lucasfilm, but do you really know how consolidated the American media landscape is? In this episode, we're looking at how just five mega-corporations control the #entirety of #US_Media.

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How #Five_Companies CONTROL All #US_Media | Capitalism And #Monopolies |#MAINSTREAM_NEWS #KEYWORD OF THE #DAY?? #RESILIENCE! | FOUNDER OF SEO;)

Dumber than Dumber?? AKA LOSERS!

#RESILIENCE is Just Another Word for those who #CANNOT_ADMIT #FAILURE!

If you were to pick a bunch of Media operations from a HAT, ODDS are that the VAST MAJORITY of them are #owned and #operated by #ONE (1) of just five (5) #MEGA_CORPORATIONS.

Since the early 1980's the number of Media Companies CONTROLLING the #BULK of #Media have shrunk from 50 to just 5? We've gone from a media landscape operated by a reasonable amount of #controlling_interest to a #REALITY_DOMINATED by mere MONOPOLIES -- Just barely #sneaking under the #enforcement of #ANTI_TRUST_LAWS.

In this episode we are going to talk about the #CONSOLIDATION OF #AMERICAN_MEDIA in the hands of a few #ULTRA_POWERFUL Companies and what that means in a time when the very #WEALTHY have outside #INFLUENCE over #Public_Policy. Aug 28, 2020

You're probably aware that Disney owns Marvel and Lucasfilm, but do you really know how consolidated the American media landscape is? In this episode, we're looking at how just five mega-corporations control the #entirety of #US_Media.

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It's not a free market if small group of companies (let alone a single one) are able to *capture* it

Governments should have the power to prevent and restrict #monopolies and #oligopolies (and they should do it)

https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/consumer/2023/08/21/australian-monopolies-supermarkets-airlines-banks/

When I was a kid I assumed that all these massive #companies were cold, calculating and knew exactly what they were doing.

But as I've gotten older it's become obvious that they are just dumb, bumbling monsters that have (through luck) gotten big enough that all their stupid mistakes aren't enough to bring them down.

#capitalism #monopolies #corporatestupidity

Undermining #CommunitySolar: #ForProfit #Monopolies waiting for huge #payday from their #CitizensUnited purchased #CaCPUC to take away #Resilience from the #ParadiseBurned #PSPS.

#SaveRoofTopSolar

https://mcusercontent.com/a0487692bb2e2f280211c4298/files/34bff9aa-f788-0e35-8895-9a683156b6f9/Ag_letter_NEMA_June_2023_1_.pdf

So if there is not scarcity create it to maximize profits watch chicken prices go up at the grocery stores even as they go down for farms because of #monopolies the #government won’t break up
#food #economy

https://www.axios.com/2023/08/07/tyson-foods-plants-arkansas

#Neoliberalism #USA #Monopolies #Oligopolies #Inequality: "Among the debits: deregulation, which was supposed to spur competition, has not slowed the trend toward monopoly. Despite the Telecommunications Act, just three companies—Verizon, T-Mobile, and A.T. & T.—provide ninety-nine per cent of wireless service. Six companies dominate the media in the United States: Comcast, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, the Fox Corporation, and Sony. Book publishing in the United States is dominated by the so-called Big Five: Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster. The music industry is dominated by just three corporate players: the Universal, Sony, and Warner music divisions.

The big fish, with their piles of capital, keep swallowing up the little fish. The Big Five would now be the Big Four if Penguin Random House’s deal to acquire Simon & Schuster had not been ruled a violation of antitrust law last fall. Of the twelve most valuable companies in the world, eight of which are tech businesses, all are monopolies or near-monopolies."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/24/the-rise-and-fall-of-neoliberalism

It's this belief that leads the right to embrace #monopolies as "efficient": "A company's dominance is evidence of its quality. Customers flock to it, and competitors fail to lure them away, therefore monopolies are the public's best friend."

But this only makes sense if you don't understand how monopolies can prevent competitors.

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The Cartel That Controls the US Food System - four large #Ag giants control 80% of US food. supply, and it’s not a good thing as one might imagine. Solution: Break them up and bring back the family farm. #Agriculture #Farming #monopolies #FoodSupply #FoodSupplyChain https://statecraft.beehiiv.com/p/the-cartel-that-controls-us-meat

This One Company controls America’s ENTIRE Health Care System, or why you're DENIED your health care claim.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=frr4wuvAB6U&feature=share

#BIGPharma #UnitedHealthCare #HealthCare #HealthInsurance #Monopolies #MonopoliesAreNetworks

Gizmodo: Taylor Swift's Seattle Tour Stop Clocks in on Seismometers https://gizmodo.com/taylor-swifts-seattle-tour-registers-on-seismometers-1850686420 #westhollywoodcalifornia #livenationentertainment #jackiecaplanauerbach #swiftsseattletour #disasteraccident #caplanauerbach #marshawnlynch #joeberchtold #ticketmaster #seattletimes #taylorswift #environment #theerastour #seismometer #livenation #monopolies #lumenfield #caplan

@deborahh @cbcworld until #politicians yes I’m looking at you #democrats take #corporate #monopolies and rampant #corporategreed seriously and do things like move to make #stocks buy backs illegal again like they were before the 1980s inflation will never get under control

@Dr_Muesli

Yes, exactly that.

And all that #wonderful content ?
Which they "pride" themselves in enabling.

Where is one supposed to upload videos then ?
I have #no #idea.

#Monopolies are a big #issue
(See also: #Twitter)

#joebiden #babysteps #monopolies

https://youtu.be/5tJ26bCPPlc