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In the Land of Trillion Dollar Goliaths | 2021 Big Tech Cleanse

Oslo January 9, 2021

2020 was a bad year by any measure. The Big Tech Goliaths moved well beyond their platform status and started editorializing speech that it did not agree with. We had killer hornets; we had massive forests fires. We had some states locking down their residents and forcing small businesses to close for what they said […]

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Happy New Year from the team at Platform De.Central

Oslo January 1, 2021

Though 2020 was a tough year for many due to some State Governor’s shutdowns and the resulting economic depression in those States, we hope that if you are living in those States or other countries where your government has shut things down, that things will look better in 2021 for all of us. Here on […]

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In the Land of Trillion Dollar Goliaths | The FTC sues Facebook

Oslo December 9, 2020

Today, the FTC has announced that they are suing Facebook which explicitly requires Facebook to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp into independent non-Facebook owned companies. The lawsuit focuses on Facebook’s $1 Billion acquisition of Instagram in 2011. “Our aim is to roll back Facebook’s anticompetitive conduct and restore competition so that innovation and free competition […]

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In the Land of Trillion Dollar Goliaths | DOJ sues Facebook for

Oslo December 3, 2020

The United States Justice Department has filed charges against Facebook for allegedly discriminating against US workers in its hiring practices. “The lawsuit alleges that Facebook refused to recruit, consider, or hire qualified and available U.S. workers for over 2,600 positions that Facebook, instead, reserved for temporary visa holders it sponsored for permanent work authorization (or […]

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In the Land of Trillion Dollar Goliaths | The Antitrust lawsuit against

Oslo October 22, 2020

Recently the House Judiciary Committee released its antitrust report on Amazon, Apple Google and Facebook called Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets. The 449-page report detailed how these companies bought competitors, preference their own services and wielded too much power over the other competitors that used their platforms. Now the US Department of Justice has […]

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In the Land of Trillion Dollar Goliaths | The mighty will fall

Oslo October 7, 2020

Today the House Judiciary Committee released its antitrust report on Amazon, Apple Google and Facebook called Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets. The 449-page report detailed how these companies bought competitors, preference their own services and wielded too much power over the other competitors that used their platforms. The report opened with a recap of […]

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How to set a default web browser on iOS14

Oslo September 29, 2020

The freedom to choose seems like something we take for granted (at least in the U.S.), that’s why Apple’s artificial boundaries seem so egregious. While there are a few work arounds to have your email app and a few others, open your browser of choice, you may still find yourself hitting a link and suddenly […]

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In the Land of Trillion Dollar Goliaths | The Epic War to

Oslo August 18, 2020

Disney recently added the musical Hamilton to its streaming service where millions of subscribers got to see the hit musical for the very first time. With many musicals, the story and the music stays with you long after you experience it. The Epic War to free the platforms is soon to overshadow the Hey email […]

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In the Land of Trillion Dollar Goliaths | Apple and Google hold

Oslo August 14, 2020

It has certainly been an interesting year…so far. At Platform De.Central we have been focused on antitrust issues regarding platform power since day one. It is core to our mission – Work x Play without limits. Today we use our devices to be productive, creative and sometimes blowoff some steam with a good gaming session. […]

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Scrutiny of Google acquisition of Fitbit grows

Oslo July 2, 2020

Fitbit is perhaps the most well-known wearable brand in the world today and has long been a kind of neutral party when it came to platform owners such Apple, Microsoft & Google. Google announced recently that it is spending $2.1 billion to acquire Fitbit. Now according to New York Post, The DOJ has ramped up […]

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