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Monday, January 8, 2024

The Case for Breaking Up Big Tech

Reform Antitrust and Patent Laws Now
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-antitrust-patent-law-not-fit-to-rein-in-big-tech-by-mordecai-kurz-2024-01
Despite its original stated goal, US antitrust policy has always been used merely to ensure the free entry of competitors into all markets, rather than to address the problem of market power. But in the age of Big Tech, this approach has become woefully inadequate.

Why we need to break up Big Tech to save capitalism
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/01/08/break-up-big-tech-save-capitalism-microsoft-brad-smith/
Insulated from any real competition, Silicon Valley giants are slowly eroding belief in the very idea of markets