Hacker News with Generative AI: Monopolies

Is Chrome Even a Sellable Asset? (daringfireball.net)
There are two ways to consider a forced divestiture of Chrome by Google, as the U.S. Department of Justice has, for months now, been requesting after Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled that Google has illegally maintained its monopoly in web search. One is from a business perspective (which I believe is the only perspective considered by the DOJ). The other is from a technical perspective. I don’t think either makes any sense.

Google, Antitrust, Web Browsers, Monopolies

57 points by carrotsalad 10 days ago | 18 comments

US judge rules Google is an online advertising monopoly (cnn.com)

Legal Cases, Monopolies, Google, Online Advertising

19 points by stevenjgarner 21 days ago | 2 comments

Tariffs and Monopolies (pluralistic.net)
For all that orthodox economists hate tariffs in all their forms, the question, "do tariffs work?" is a complex one, which can't be answered unless you specify which tariffs, in what context:

Economics, Trade, Monopolies

4 points by NotInOurNames 32 days ago | 0 comments

Thinking About Why YouTube Is a Monopoly (worldofmatthew.com)
Many, including myself, have long seen YouTube as a Monopoly that strangles the ability for rivals with its “too good to be true” offer. That being free video hosting forever even if your video gets zero traffic with unlimited storage and good redundancy.

YouTube, Monopolies, Video Hosting, Business, Competition

40 points by worldofmatthew 78 days ago | 58 comments

Google Is Now the East India Company of the Internet (honest-broker.com)
Can you imagine a company so powerful that it controls half of the world’s trade?

Google, Internet, Business, Monopolies, History

5 points by paulpauper 107 days ago | 1 comments

Google Is Now the East India Company of the Internet (honest-broker.com)
Can you imagine a company so powerful that it controls half of the world’s trade?

Google, Monopolies, Internet, Technology, Business

7 points by pseudolus 108 days ago | 1 comments

Why my new audiobook is everywhere except on Audible (pragmaticengineer.com)
Currently, Audible’s position is hurting audiobook authors. My audiobook isn’t on Audible due to a mix of their monopolistic pricing practices, and the company’s own complacency in how long they take to approve new titles.

Audiobooks, Business, Monopolies, Competition

14 points by ingve 149 days ago | 2 comments

Audible's Monopolistic Practices (pragmaticengineer.com)
A year after The Software Engineer’s Guidebook was published, the audiobook version is here! The good news is it’s available on ALMOST all major audiobook platforms:

Audiobooks, Business, Monopolies

27 points by nico401 149 days ago | 3 comments

Senators Call for Crackdown on VeriSign Monopoly and Predatory Pricing of .com (wired.com)
US senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and congressman Jerry Nadler of New York have called on government bodies to investigate what they allege is the “predatory pricing” of .com web addresses, the internet’s prime real estate.

Monopolies, Pricing, Internet, Government Regulation, Domain Names

12 points by impish9208 168 days ago | 0 comments

Microsoft May Have Created an Illegal Monopoly (propublica.org)
In the summer of 2021, President Joe Biden summoned the CEOs of the nation’s biggest tech companies to the White House.

Microsoft, Monopolies, Antitrust, Tech Industry, Regulation

24 points by tysone 175 days ago | 6 comments

Monopolies Are Why We Are Restarting Three Mile Island (thebignewsletter.com)
The most significant nuclear disaster in U.S. history took place in 1979, when Unit Two at the Three Mile Island nuclear power near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania suffered a partial meltdown.

Nuclear Power, Energy, History, Monopolies

8 points by doener 192 days ago | 4 comments

An Indiana hospital chain took over a region and jacked up prices (theguardian.com)
In the nation’s most affordable metro area, getting hurt or sick is expensive

Healthcare, Economics, Indiana, Monopolies, Healthcare Costs

17 points by mindracer 204 days ago | 0 comments

Epic Systems, a lethal health record monopolist (pluralistic.net)
Epic Systems makes the dominant electronic health record (EHR) system in America; if you're a doctor, chances are you are required to use it, and for every hour a doctor spends with a patient, they have to spend two hours doing clinically useless bureaucratic data-entry on an Epic EHR.

Healthcare, Technology, Monopolies, Business

10 points by Tomte 219 days ago | 0 comments

Google is a very strange monopolist (wsj.com)

Google, Monopolies, Business

34 points by Bostonian 271 days ago | 24 comments

Google's real monopoly is on the user data (propellernet.co.uk)

Google, Data Privacy, Monopolies

49 points by illdave 275 days ago | 36 comments

Monetization and Monopolies: How the Internet You Loved Died (radicalcontributions.substack.com)

Monetization, Monopolies, Internet, Technology, Business

53 points by jfil 283 days ago | 49 comments

Monopolies across the grocery supply chain squeeze consumers, small businesses (prospect.org)

Monopolies, Economics, Grocery Industry, Business, Consumer Protection

103 points by cainxinth 326 days ago | 99 comments

Economic Termites: Monopolies not noticeable enough for most of us (thebignewsletter.com)

Economics, Monopolies, Business, Inequality

455 points by passwordoops 334 days ago | 436 comments