The proposal would stop the biggest platforms from giving themselves an advantage over the little guys. Who’s afraid of a little competition?
Antitrust
The FTC Votes Unanimously to Enforce Right to Repair
The move follows an executive order issued last week by the White House urging the agency to secure consumers’ rights to fix their own gadgets.
Biden anti-trust executive order is a wake-up call for tech industry and big tech companies
Observers react to the president’s call to action on surveillance, data accumulation, “big tech platforms” and that the FTC can establish rules against unfair competition on internet marketplaces.
Google Is Finally Taking Smartwatches Seriously
Wear OS—now just dubbed Wear—is seeing its biggest update yet, with integrations from Fitbit and a new partnership with Samsung.
Don’t Buy Into Facebook’s Ad-Tracking Pressure on iOS 14.5
The company tells Apple users that tracking helps keep those platforms “free of charge,” but opting out now doesn’t mean paying up later.
How User Data Privacy and Antitrust Law Got All Tangled Up
This week, we look at how the latest iPhone software update ties into the debate about regulating big tech.