#monopolies — Public Fediverse posts

#BigTech #AI #TechBro companies crying to mommy to get the bad companies to stop (maybe) using their models' output for training is now a standard play from the #monopolies and wannabe monopolies.

If a (Chinese) company gets too good at doing what American companies do, then force an embargo or force a sell. It was the #Meta/#Facebook with #Tiktok play, and now it's the #LLM play.

If #scraping copyrighted works for training is legal, so is #distillation.

#Capitalists sure do hate #Capitalism.

"Then, back lit, filling the saloon doors, amid swirling dust, staring down the debauch...comes Lina Khan."

https://3m.fyi/posts/the-redemption-of-lawyers/

#LinaKhan #CoryDoctorrow #Monopolies #lawyers #PowellMemo #PowellMemorandum #Bork #Nixon #Reagan #AntiTrust #Oligarchs #Oligarchy #Plutocrats #Plutocracy #Trump #Law #BreakEmUp #Litigate #democracy #FTC #Mamdani #Zoran #NYC

'The Kellanova-Mars deal underscores that 75% of the American diet still remains calorie-dense, craveable UPFs. It will take an enormous effort to change that.' Wow. https://www.forbes.com/sites/errolschweizer/2024/08/18/what-the-mars-kellanova-deal-will-really-cost-consumers/ #foodstudies #UPFs #snackfoods #monopolies #grocery #nutrition #US #diet

What's the difference between #Mastodon and #Threads? Next time someone tells you they're both not-#Twitter and that's it, #recommend them to read this #article by @pluralistic. It's about #capitalism, #monopolies and the way #corporate #SocialMedia has locked us in their #VirtualSpaces, without right to appeal.
https://doctorow.medium.com/let-the-platforms-burn-6fb3e6c0d980
#AbolishFacebook #AbolishMeta #AbolishZuckerberg #AbolishMusk