rbreich ,
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Amazon squeezed sellers and jacked up prices.

Apple used its power to kill off challengers.

Ticketmaster/Live Nation leveraged its dominance to jack up ticket costs and tack on massive fees.

Each company is facing an antitrust lawsuit from the Biden admin.

This is a big deal.

bobthomson70 ,
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@rbreich the problem with those legal processes is this: by the time the fines and measures kick in, the profits made illegally have already been distributed to those who benefit years before.
It needs to not be allowed to get to this stage.

htpcnz ,
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@rbreich another reason why the rich and corporations will do everything ensure a Trump win regardless of their outward posturing to the contrary... They'd rather give ordinary people fascism than loose couple of billions here and there or their monopolistic powers.

dinsmore ,
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@rbreich Biden promised that union busting companies would not get federal contracts, yet continues to do business with Amazon. That is a much bigger deal, and he didn't even need to use antitrust law. https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-tells-biden-cut-federal-contracts-anti-union-amazon-2022-4?op=1

Clarity ,
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@rbreich If it ever gets adjudicated

janetforman ,

@rbreich I’d rather Garland do something about the criminal tRump!

TheNovemberMan ,
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@rbreich 👍👍

radioactivecat ,
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@rbreich The Apple lawsuit seems a bit misguided.

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