It’s just a question of which company makes the best target. For anti-monopolists, it’s a chance to reshape tech into something more democratic and less destructive. Someday soon, those ideas will be put to the test, probably against one of a handful of companies. We need a new standard for monopolies, they argue, one that focuses less on consumer harm and more on the skewed incentives produced by a company the size of Facebook or Google. Groups like Open Markets have made a strong case that big companies (especially big tech companies) are distorting the market to drive out competitors. Antitrust crusaders have built up serious momentum in Washington, but so far, it’s all been theory and talk.
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