2026-02-13
🇺🇸 Shock in Washington! Gail Slater, head of antitrust at the DoJ, resigns. ⚖️ Republican infighting: political pressure, pro-Trump populism, a Wild West where the strongest prevail. A worrying signal for the independence of US antitrust enforcement...
Axios
US DOJ antitrust chief Gail Slater says she is leaving, in a departure viewed as a victory for tech giants over some of MAGA's more populist voices
2024-01-18
2/2 Obviously, this measure does not enable greater competition nor fairness. So #Apple let be serious, let save us some time and work on something credible to comply with the #DMA @vestager @jnbarrot @RenewEurope @ThierryBreton @Ensemble_UE @appfairness
Daring Fireball
Apple's seeming sense of entitlement to commissions from third-party iOS apps shows a confrontational stance, instead of seeking to lessen regulatory pressure
That take didn't last long. … Sweeney's description makes it sound as though Apple is demanding its commission from all web sales …
1/2 Very bad news from the US - Apple allows developers to sell their services outside the AppStore ...BUT still imposes a 27% fee on these transactions! This #AppleTax of 30% or 27% is both unfair and uncompetitive. https://www.wsj.com/...
Daring Fireball
Apple's seeming sense of entitlement to commissions from third-party iOS apps shows a confrontational stance, instead of seeking to lessen regulatory pressure
That take didn't last long. … Sweeney's description makes it sound as though Apple is demanding its commission from all web sales …
2022-01-28
More and more data to digital giants... How many more will we need to address #killeracquisitions? The more data they have, the more gatekeeping behavior they will develop. Right time to react with #DMA! https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch