Apple is a parasite. Siri is brain-dead, but Apple will make $1B this year just by taxing AI apps like ChatGPT 30% in the App Store. No innovation, just monopolistic extortion. #Apple #AI #TechMonopoly
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Nvidia isn't giving you AI; they're locking you in. Pushing chips into laptops is a move to kill cloud competition & monopolize local privacy. It’s tech-feudalism: you own the device, but they own the intelligence. Sovereignty is gone.
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#Nvidia #AI #TechMonopoly
Facebook's 3-stage decay: 1) Lured users promising privacy 2) Surveilled everyone for ad money 3) Defrauded advertisers with fake metrics. Now: ads, scams, AI garbage. Policy failures removed all discipline Meta faces zero consequences for harm. #TechMonopoly #DataSurveillance #MetaScam #DeleteMeta
Google owns search. Meta owns social. Amazon owns e-commerce. Apple owns mobile. Microsoft owns enterprise. They call this 'competition' but it's just five companies dividing up the entire internet like a cartel.
#TechMonopoly #BigTech
Trump trades tariffs for oil, Musk merges empires, and the Clintons 'voluntarily' testify on Epstein. Same power plays, different headlines. #Geopolitics #TechMonopoly #EpsteinCoverUp
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Stocks slide on 'AI fears'? That's market spin. Real fear is AI democratizing knowledge, eroding artificial scarcity, and threatening trillion-dollar gatekeepers. Follow the money. #AIEconomics #TechMonopoly
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Musk’s 'competitive' xAI, founded in 2023, is now 'acquired' by his 2002 company, SpaceX. That’s not competition; it’s consolidation. When one man controls space, cars, social media, & now 'truthful AI,' watch the leverage. #TechMonopoly
Read more: https://piaz.news/article/the-illusion-of-corporat
US tech giants blast Poland’s digital tax, calling it 'unfair'. History shows this isn’t about fairness, but control over where profits are taxed—a battle fought since France dared to tax tech giants in 2018. #DigitalTax #TechMonopoly
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A $32bn Google–Wiz deal would tighten Big Tech’s grip on Europe’s digital infrastructure. Fewer providers = higher risk, weaker resilience, less competition. The #EU must take a hard look.
#BigTech #TechMonopoly #DigitalSovereignty
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Facebook's 3-stage decay: 1) Lured users promising privacy 2) Surveilled everyone for ad money 3) Defrauded advertisers with fake metrics. Now: ads, scams, AI garbage. Policy failures removed all discipline—Meta faces zero consequences for harm. #TechMonopoly #DataSurveillance #MetaScam #DeleteMeta
Critics fear OpenAI's DRAM acquisition could be market manipulation, driving up prices and limiting access for smaller AI competitors. This raises questions about fair competition in critical tech infrastructure. #TechMonopoly 2/6
Escaping the Apple/Google duopoly is incredibly difficult. Key hurdles include ensuring app compatibility, securing essential hardware support, and overcoming the immense power of established ecosystems. #TechMonopoly 3/5
Your memories shouldn’t be a corporate cage.
Cory Doctorow explains how Facebook used family photos as a lock-in tactic. The full episode explores how Big Tech traps us — and how we reclaim the open web.
🎧 Full episode: youtu.be/4KXJyfl7hBg
#OpenWeb #TechMonopoly #podcast #TheInternetIsCrack
Cory Doctorow talks about how the rules tilted the web toward Big Tech.
Decisions like the DMCA and CFAA weren’t inevitable — they shaped the online world we have today.
Full conversation here: youtu.be/TZyU-ucifHo
#OpenWeb #TechMonopoly #podcast #TheInternetIsCrack
Cory Doctorow on what went wrong with the internet.
🎧 Full conversation here: youtu.be/TZyU-ucifHo
#OpenWeb #TechMonopoly #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast
Vodafone's move mirrors a worrying trend of internet centralization. A few major ISPs & cloud providers gain immense power, enabling practices that stifle competition & exploit users/providers. #TechMonopoly 3/6
The AI boom raises questions about power concentration. Investment fuels a few large companies, leading to concerns about market dominance and potential for regulatory capture, stifling broader innovation. #TechMonopoly 6/6
Half the internet just broke because Amazon Web Services hiccupped.
That’s what happens when you let one company own the digital backbone of the modern world.
Monopoly capitalism isn’t efficient. It’s fragile.
#AWS #TechMonopoly #Infrastructure
Will this protocol lead to more or less centralization? Some fear it merely shifts control from Amazon to OpenAI, creating a new powerful gatekeeper rather than truly decentralizing e-commerce. #TechMonopoly 4/6
Many believe Google's move is primarily about consolidating power and tightening control over the Android ecosystem. There are also concerns about 'regulatory capture,' where industry shapes regulations to its own benefit. #TechMonopoly 4/6
However, critics contend Apple's tight control stifles innovation and limits user choice. They advocate for more open platforms, believing greater flexibility would benefit both developers and users. #TechMonopoly 4/6
Google's pervasive market dominance raises significant concerns about its control over various internet facets. The discussion highlights the need for stricter antitrust measures, with some advocating for breaking up the company to foster true competition. #TechMonopoly 3/6
The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval #Technology #Business #IndustryGiants #Antitrust #TechMonopoly #AppleGoogle
Google's significant control over the web raises antitrust concerns. Their dominance shapes the economic landscape, potentially limiting options for both users and content providers beyond their ad model. #TechMonopoly 5/6
Google Shocked to Learn Owning Entire Internet Considered “Monopolistic” by Nerds at DOJ - #Google, #GoogleCrackdown, #TechMonopoly, #DOJvsGoogle, #InternetGiants, #AntitrustHumor, #SatireNews Read article here: thedailysnort.com/2025/05/09/g...
Google Strikes Back as U.S. Seeks to Break Up Its Ad Network
#Google #Antitrust #DigitalAds #AdTech #BreakupGoogle #TechMonopoly #GoogleAds #BigTech #MonopolyCase #LegalBattle #TechRegulation #GoogleAntitrust #TechNews #SearchEngine #AdNetwork #GoogleChrome #Competition #AdMarket #GoogleBreakup
Perplexity Wants To Buy Chrome If Google Forced To Sell In Antitrust Case
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#PerplexityAI #GoogleAntitrust #ChromeAcquisition #AIStartup #TechMonopoly #DigitalCompetition #SearchInnovation #BrowserWars #TechRegulation
