I think the key takeaway from Matt’s article is that the jurors restored trust in the judicial system. Perhaps this is the first step to get the citizenry out of the sense of helplessness it’s been mired in since the lockdowns. This is a huge win for America.
If ever there was a case where I wanted everyone to lose.
Let’s be right about this. Epic games just doesn’t want to share the money it makes through its barely-legal underage-gambling grift machine with the platform owners.
Hopefully it will backfire on them and if Google/Apple will see their loss of a cut of the revenue cause them to suddenly grow a backbone and be less hospitable to the exploitative trash that the likes of Epic have turned games into. Unlikely.. but I can dream. A pox on all their houses.
This is good news, but I'm surprised Google lost and Apple won. Google actually lets users install alternative app stores like F-Droid/Neo Store. They even allow users to install .apk files directly from code forges like Github (albeit with scary warnings now). I have GrapheneOS installed on my Google Pixel, which is based on Android with none of the Google stuff, and I was able to do this because the Google Pixel is the only Android phone that lets you unlock the bootloader to install an alternative OS.
Apple, on the other hand, only allows you to install apps from the app store. There is no way to install an alternative operating system. You can't "sideload apps".
Great news. As a bystander to Google’s illegal activities, I have never had use for a company that I considered a monster, bullying anything that got in it’s way. A company run by arrogant rich owners who sole purpose was to play god. I have minimal knowledge of the business, but I always felt that a browser by Brave and duckduckgo as my search engine was one way to avoid the monster.
Someone smarter than me once said something along the lines of: "When you say things like 'it doesn't matter, the powerful will always win', you're adding to the self-fulfilling prophecy." It contributes to a culture of impunity and does have an impact on the outcomes, especially when many other people say the same thing. We need more voices like yours, pointing out the possibilities that we can change things for the better.
Clipped this from the Information, a high quality subscription tech industry publication “The broader truth, however, is that Wall Street is betting big tech can amass power faster than antitrust regulators, judges and juries can chip away at it. The stock prices of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft have seen more than twice the growth rate of the S&P 500 index this year—a time during which most of those five firms faced an onslaught of claims that they had abused monopoly power.
I appreciate the role that the plaintiffs bar plays in the justice system, but Cravath, Hueston Hennigan and Faegre Dinkler cant be categorized as "ambulance chasing lawyers" by any stretch of the imagination.
I think the key takeaway from Matt’s article is that the jurors restored trust in the judicial system. Perhaps this is the first step to get the citizenry out of the sense of helplessness it’s been mired in since the lockdowns. This is a huge win for America.
Boom! Way to go Epic and America’s trial by jury system. We still have common sense! Thanks Matt.
If ever there was a case where I wanted everyone to lose.
Let’s be right about this. Epic games just doesn’t want to share the money it makes through its barely-legal underage-gambling grift machine with the platform owners.
Hopefully it will backfire on them and if Google/Apple will see their loss of a cut of the revenue cause them to suddenly grow a backbone and be less hospitable to the exploitative trash that the likes of Epic have turned games into. Unlikely.. but I can dream. A pox on all their houses.
This is good news, but I'm surprised Google lost and Apple won. Google actually lets users install alternative app stores like F-Droid/Neo Store. They even allow users to install .apk files directly from code forges like Github (albeit with scary warnings now). I have GrapheneOS installed on my Google Pixel, which is based on Android with none of the Google stuff, and I was able to do this because the Google Pixel is the only Android phone that lets you unlock the bootloader to install an alternative OS.
Apple, on the other hand, only allows you to install apps from the app store. There is no way to install an alternative operating system. You can't "sideload apps".
Great news. As a bystander to Google’s illegal activities, I have never had use for a company that I considered a monster, bullying anything that got in it’s way. A company run by arrogant rich owners who sole purpose was to play god. I have minimal knowledge of the business, but I always felt that a browser by Brave and duckduckgo as my search engine was one way to avoid the monster.
thanks matt! Ill allow your hope, to be a small persistent light at the end of the tunnel, a small beacon, to pull me from my consuming apathy!
Great to hear! Let more proceed. Maybe android products will actually become useful.
This couldn’t have come at a better moment.
An ember of hope...
Nice.
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Thank you for the great news!
Someone smarter than me once said something along the lines of: "When you say things like 'it doesn't matter, the powerful will always win', you're adding to the self-fulfilling prophecy." It contributes to a culture of impunity and does have an impact on the outcomes, especially when many other people say the same thing. We need more voices like yours, pointing out the possibilities that we can change things for the better.
Clipped this from the Information, a high quality subscription tech industry publication “The broader truth, however, is that Wall Street is betting big tech can amass power faster than antitrust regulators, judges and juries can chip away at it. The stock prices of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft have seen more than twice the growth rate of the S&P 500 index this year—a time during which most of those five firms faced an onslaught of claims that they had abused monopoly power.
I appreciate the role that the plaintiffs bar plays in the justice system, but Cravath, Hueston Hennigan and Faegre Dinkler cant be categorized as "ambulance chasing lawyers" by any stretch of the imagination.
https://www.nysun.com/article/why-does-washington-want-to-destroy-americas-magnificent-seven?lctg=1501202496&utm_source=MG&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Morning%20Sun%20%202023-12-12