Tech Freedom
Supreme Court Rejects Google’s Bid to Delay Play Store Reforms in Epic Games Antitrust Case
Google braces for a forced reckoning as its Play Store monopoly faces a court-mandated teardown.
MembersDOJ Pushes to Break Up Google’s Ad Tech – The Trial, Week One
Week one played like a procedural drama, with engineers, economists, and ad execs methodically unspooling the case for breaking Google apart.
Ninth Circuit Denies Google’s Rehearing in Epic Games Antitrust Case
Google’s monopoly defense unravels as judges uphold injunctions.
EU Fines Google €2.95 Billion for Antitrust Violations in Ad-Tech; Trump Threatens Retaliation
Privacy concerns and antitrust fines collide with trade threats in a standoff over tech regulation.
MembersMonopoly Confirmed, Monopoly Preserved
Google’s antitrust ruling: the case, the logic, the law, and how none of it really mattered in the end.
Judge Imposes Curbs on Google Search Deals, Rejects DOJ’s Push for Breakup in Landmark Antitrust Ruling
A partial reckoning lands as Google sidesteps a breakup and keeps its search crown intact.
Google to Require ID Verification for All Android Developers
Android’s last big selling point, the freedom to install whatever you want from who you want, may soon run through a single Google checkpoint.
Apple Removes iTorrent From Third-Party App Store AltStore PAL Without Warning
Apple quietly pulled the plug on iTorrent, exposing how fragile the “freedom” of third-party app stores really are.
X Sues Apple and OpenAI for Alleged Antitrust Collusion Over ChatGPT Integration and App Store Practices
Musk’s lawsuit lands as Apple fends off a wave of antitrust salvos from Washington and Silicon Valley alike.
Fortnite Set to Storm Back Onto iPhones in Australia After Landmark Court Ruling
Epic’s win cracks open Australia’s walled gardens, letting Fortnite slip back onto iPhones.
Perplexity Offers $34.5B to Acquire Google Chrome
Perplexity’s audacious bid for Chrome lands in the middle of a proposed experiment about whether dismantling Big Tech’s empires will actually rewrite the rules of the internet.
Trump Order Targets Political Debanking but Spares Visa, Mastercard, Payment Processor Monopolies
Trump’s banking order swings at the branches while the payment giants holding the trunk stand untouched.