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@pat_garofalo

@pat_garofalo
14 posts
2025-05-01
Reminder that this all came about because the judge ruled that Apple had violated California law. State antitrust and competition laws are very important! https://www.nytimes.com/...
2025-05-01 View on X
Bloomberg

A US judge rules that Apple violated a 2021 court order to open the App Store to third-party payment options, and refers the case for a criminal investigation

Gonzalez Rogers also referred the case to federal prosecutors to investigate whether Apple committed criminal contempt of court for flouting her 2021 ruling.

2024-08-25
Really important point here: Realpage is not only rocket fuel for raising rents in up markets, but also acts as a parachute limiting rent decreases in down markets. [image]
2024-08-25 View on X
Bloomberg

The US DOJ sues RealPage, alleging its software helps property managers collude to drive up rental prices on millions of units, violating antitrust law

- Prosecutors allege software drives up prices on rental units  — Company says rent software uses anonymous, aggregated data

“Another landlord that used YieldStar told RealPage that within a week of adopting YieldStar they started increasing their rents, and within eleven months had raised rents more than 25% and eliminated concessions.”
2024-08-25 View on X
Bloomberg

The US DOJ sues RealPage, alleging its software helps property managers collude to drive up rental prices on millions of units, violating antitrust law

- Prosecutors allege software drives up prices on rental units  — Company says rent software uses anonymous, aggregated data

2024-08-24
“Another landlord that used YieldStar told RealPage that within a week of adopting YieldStar they started increasing their rents, and within eleven months had raised rents more than 25% and eliminated concessions.”
2024-08-24 View on X
Bloomberg

The US DOJ sues RealPage, alleging its software helps property managers collude to drive up rental prices on millions of units, violating antitrust law

- Prosecutors allege software drives up prices on rental units  — Company says rent software uses anonymous, aggregated data

Really important point here: Realpage is not only rocket fuel for raising rents in up markets, but also acts as a parachute limiting rent decreases in down markets. [image]
2024-08-24 View on X
Bloomberg

The US DOJ sues RealPage, alleging its software helps property managers collude to drive up rental prices on millions of units, violating antitrust law

- Prosecutors allege software drives up prices on rental units  — Company says rent software uses anonymous, aggregated data

2024-08-23
“Another landlord that used YieldStar told RealPage that within a week of adopting YieldStar they started increasing their rents, and within eleven months had raised rents more than 25% and eliminated concessions.”
2024-08-23 View on X
Bloomberg

The US DOJ sues RealPage, alleging its software helps property managers collude to drive up rental prices on millions of units, violating antitrust law

- Prosecutors allege software drives up prices on rental units  — Company says rent software uses anonymous, aggregated data

Really important point here: Realpage is not only rocket fuel for raising rents in up markets, but also acts as a parachute limiting rent decreases in down markets. [image]
2024-08-23 View on X
Bloomberg

The US DOJ sues RealPage, alleging its software helps property managers collude to drive up rental prices on millions of units, violating antitrust law

- Prosecutors allege software drives up prices on rental units  — Company says rent software uses anonymous, aggregated data

2022-10-26
Apple's monopoly power over apps and app distribution is back in the news this week. Here's why that matters, and why lawmakers at the federal and state level need to tackle Apple's abuse. Buckle up for an App Store thread people! 1/?
2022-10-26 View on X
The Verge

Meta says Apple updated its App Store rules to require IAPs for social media “boosts” to grow its business “while undercutting others in the digital economy”

Just when I thought the relationship between Apple and Meta couldn't get more hostile, here we are.

2021-11-19
As I told the @nytimes for this piece, semiconductor manufacturers are taking advantage of real concerns about shortages to leverage massive subsidies out of local communities. There's no need for local lawmakers to fall for it. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-11-19 View on X
New York Times

Local US governments, including in Texas and Arizona, are offering chipmakers deals to build plants, seeking to capitalize on the semiconductor shortage

David McCabe / New York Times :

2021-04-30
It's almost like lawmakers applying scrutiny to what happens in these online stores is having positive effects. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-04-30 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft says it will reduce its cut for PC games in Microsoft Store from 30% to 12% starting August 1, in a bid to compete with Steam

Tom Warren / The Verge :

2021-03-04
Passed in the Arizona House. Introduced in Minnesota, New York, Illinois, and Georgia. With more coming, I expect. States are coming for Big Tech monopolists. https://www.economicliberties.us/ ...
2021-03-04 View on X
The Verge

Arizona House passes bill HB2005, which would force Apple and Google to let apps in its app stores use alternative payment methods; bill now heads to AZ Senate

not law yet, but the momentum here is real and growing. https://www.theverge.com/... Jack Nicas / @jacknicas : This matters because it would likely attract companies to Arizona to ...

2020-08-18
Amazing how Amazon somehow keeps expanding in New York without billions of dollars in tax breaks. https://www.wsj.com/...
2020-08-18 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Amazon says it is expanding physical offices and adding 3,500 corporate employees in six major cities, including 2,000 jobs in New York City

The e-commerce giant says it is adding 3,500 employees in six major cities, including 2,000 jobs in New York City

2020-07-30
As @ilsr showed, if a small business wants an Amazon account manager to deal with the inevitable problems that arise on such a massive platform, it costs them as much as $5,000 .... a month. https://ilsr.org/...
2020-07-30 View on X
Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Report: Amazon collects 30%, on average, of each sale made by independent sellers on its site, up from 19% just five years ago; seller fees netted ~$60B in 2019

Institute for Local Self-Reliance :

2019-08-09
First Facebook destroys journalism outlets, and now it wants content from whoever is left. https://twitter.com/...
2019-08-09 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Facebook is offering millions of dollars to news outlets to license their content for a news section that the company hopes to launch later this year

Company approached ABC News, Dow Jones, Washington Post and Bloomberg as it plans to launch news section