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  1. @michaelgemar paying a #monopolist whatever it costs is not a #commercial practice; it reflects characteristics of a planned economy where prices are not determined by #competition.

    "#ULA held a US launch #monopoly earlier this century before SpaceX came along and disrupted its business with lower-cost, more frequent access to space" arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/

  2. @michaelgemar paying a #monopolist whatever it costs is not a #commercial practice; it reflects characteristics of a planned economy where prices are not determined by #competition.

    "#ULA held a US launch #monopoly earlier this century before SpaceX came along and disrupted its business with lower-cost, more frequent access to space" arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/

  3. @michaelgemar paying a #monopolist whatever it costs is not a #commercial practice; it reflects characteristics of a planned economy where prices are not determined by #competition.

    "#ULA held a US launch #monopoly earlier this century before SpaceX came along and disrupted its business with lower-cost, more frequent access to space" arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/

  4. @michaelgemar paying a #monopolist whatever it costs is not a #commercial practice; it reflects characteristics of a planned economy where prices are not determined by #competition.

    "#ULA held a US launch #monopoly earlier this century before SpaceX came along and disrupted its business with lower-cost, more frequent access to space" arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/

  5. @michaelgemar paying a #monopolist whatever it costs is not a #commercial practice; it reflects characteristics of a planned economy where prices are not determined by #competition.

    "#ULA held a US launch #monopoly earlier this century before SpaceX came along and disrupted its business with lower-cost, more frequent access to space" arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/

  6. Man, is #catawiki a shitty platform. We really should all fight the online culture of #monopolist "services". Just had a very negative experience and my fair and friendly negative review was deleted because the seller asked catawiki to do so.

    Good thing for the future, #flohmarkt exists!

    codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmar

    Please all check it out, such platform only works when many people use it!

  7. Man, is #catawiki a shitty platform. We really should all fight the online culture of #monopolist "services". Just had a very negative experience and my fair and friendly negative review was deleted because the seller asked catawiki to do so.

    Good thing for the future, #flohmarkt exists!

    codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmar

    Please all check it out, such platform only works when many people use it!

  8. Man, is #catawiki a shitty platform. We really should all fight the online culture of #monopolist "services". Just had a very negative experience and my fair and friendly negative review was deleted because the seller asked catawiki to do so.

    Good thing for the future, #flohmarkt exists!

    codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmar

    Please all check it out, such platform only works when many people use it!

  9. Man, is #catawiki a shitty platform. We really should all fight the online culture of #monopolist "services". Just had a very negative experience and my fair and friendly negative review was deleted because the seller asked catawiki to do so.

    Good thing for the future, #flohmarkt exists!

    codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmar

    Please all check it out, such platform only works when many people use it!

  10. Man, is #catawiki a shitty platform. We really should all fight the online culture of #monopolist "services". Just had a very negative experience and my fair and friendly negative review was deleted because the seller asked catawiki to do so.

    Good thing for the future, #flohmarkt exists!

    codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmar

    Please all check it out, such platform only works when many people use it!

  11. Any honest #socialist must admit to themselves that they are also a #monopolist. After all, if the state owns all the means of production, they are the ultimate #monopoly; the single provider of every good and service.

    You may dislike #amazon, but Bezos can't send a man to your house with a gun to make you buy stuff from him. Only the #government can use violence to force you to buy from them.

  12. Any honest #socialist must admit to themselves that they are also a #monopolist. After all, if the state owns all the means of production, they are the ultimate #monopoly; the single provider of every good and service.

    You may dislike #amazon, but Bezos can't send a man to your house with a gun to make you buy stuff from him. Only the #government can use violence to force you to buy from them.

  13. Any honest #socialist must admit to themselves that they are also a #monopolist. After all, if the state owns all the means of production, they are the ultimate #monopoly; the single provider of every good and service.

    You may dislike #amazon, but Bezos can't send a man to your house with a gun to make you buy stuff from him. Only the #government can use violence to force you to buy from them.

  14. Any honest #socialist must admit to themselves that they are also a #monopolist. After all, if the state owns all the means of production, they are the ultimate #monopoly; the single provider of every good and service.

    You may dislike #amazon, but Bezos can't send a man to your house with a gun to make you buy stuff from him. Only the #government can use violence to force you to buy from them.

  15. I'm not mad at #Windows11's TPM2.0 requirement. TPM1.2 isn't secure and TPM2.0 is already 10 years old.

    It's putting everything full "#personalization", #tracking & #AI that does it for me. Together with resetting related settings each update and reinstalling removed software (which is only removable because of EU laws). And mandatory accounts. And removing stuff for less good alternatives, if any. And a list of more things like that.

    Issues that stem from the #corporate greed of a #monopolist

  16. I'm not mad at #Windows11's TPM2.0 requirement. TPM1.2 isn't secure and TPM2.0 is already 10 years old.

    It's putting everything full "#personalization", #tracking & #AI that does it for me. Together with resetting related settings each update and reinstalling removed software (which is only removable because of EU laws). And mandatory accounts. And removing stuff for less good alternatives, if any. And a list of more things like that.

    Issues that stem from the #corporate greed of a #monopolist

  17. I'm not mad at #Windows11's TPM2.0 requirement. TPM1.2 isn't secure and TPM2.0 is already 10 years old.

    It's putting everything full "#personalization", #tracking & #AI that does it for me. Together with resetting related settings each update and reinstalling removed software (which is only removable because of EU laws). And mandatory accounts. And removing stuff for less good alternatives, if any. And a list of more things like that.

    Issues that stem from the #corporate greed of a #monopolist

  18. Wie #Amazon die Preise steigen lässt.
    #PlusMinus SWR

    Gewinne werden vom Hersteller zur Plattform verschoben und günstigere Preise auf anderen Plattformen und Vertriebswegen verunmöglicht.

    #Monopolist

    youtu.be/FCarkLziHfQ

  19. @Karlitschek perhaps it would be good to let all the national antitrust institutions in Europe know this too!
    #unfair #monopolist

  20. @Karlitschek perhaps it would be good to let all the national antitrust institutions in Europe know this too!
    #unfair #monopolist

  21. @Karlitschek perhaps it would be good to let all the national antitrust institutions in Europe know this too!
    #unfair #monopolist

  22. @Karlitschek perhaps it would be good to let all the national antitrust institutions in Europe know this too!
    #unfair #monopolist

  23. @Karlitschek perhaps it would be good to let all the national antitrust institutions in Europe know this too!
    #unfair #monopolist

  24. Wenn einem der größte #Cloud- und Software-#Monopolist der Welt die Hand reicht, um #Europa digital souveräner zu machen, dann sollten spätestens alle Alarmglocken schrillen!

    Das neue #Microsoft'sche Milliarden-Commitment für mehr europäische #Digitalsouveranitat ist nicht nur heiße Luft, sondern ein Trojanisches Pferd, indem es uns mit weitestgehend wirkungslosen Maßnahmen suggeriert, wieder die Kontrolle über unsere eigenen Daten zu bekommen. Mein Statement bei heise:

    heise.de/meinung/Kommentar-Mic

  25. Wenn einem der größte #Cloud- und Software-#Monopolist der Welt die Hand reicht, um #Europa digital souveräner zu machen, dann sollten spätestens alle Alarmglocken schrillen!

    Das neue #Microsoft'sche Milliarden-Commitment für mehr europäische #Digitalsouveranitat ist nicht nur heiße Luft, sondern ein Trojanisches Pferd, indem es uns mit weitestgehend wirkungslosen Maßnahmen suggeriert, wieder die Kontrolle über unsere eigenen Daten zu bekommen. Mein Statement bei heise:

    heise.de/meinung/Kommentar-Mic

  26. Wenn einem der größte #Cloud- und Software-#Monopolist der Welt die Hand reicht, um #Europa digital souveräner zu machen, dann sollten spätestens alle Alarmglocken schrillen!

    Das neue #Microsoft'sche Milliarden-Commitment für mehr europäische #Digitalsouveranitat ist nicht nur heiße Luft, sondern ein Trojanisches Pferd, indem es uns mit weitestgehend wirkungslosen Maßnahmen suggeriert, wieder die Kontrolle über unsere eigenen Daten zu bekommen. Mein Statement bei heise:

    heise.de/meinung/Kommentar-Mic

  27. Wenn einem der größte #Cloud- und Software-#Monopolist der Welt die Hand reicht, um #Europa digital souveräner zu machen, dann sollten spätestens alle Alarmglocken schrillen!

    Das neue #Microsoft'sche Milliarden-Commitment für mehr europäische #Digitalsouveranitat ist nicht nur heiße Luft, sondern ein Trojanisches Pferd, indem es uns mit weitestgehend wirkungslosen Maßnahmen suggeriert, wieder die Kontrolle über unsere eigenen Daten zu bekommen. Mein Statement bei heise:

    heise.de/meinung/Kommentar-Mic

  28. Wenn einem der größte #Cloud- und Software-#Monopolist der Welt die Hand reicht, um #Europa digital souveräner zu machen, dann sollten spätestens alle Alarmglocken schrillen!

    Das neue #Microsoft'sche Milliarden-Commitment für mehr europäische #Digitalsouveranitat ist nicht nur heiße Luft, sondern ein Trojanisches Pferd, indem es uns mit weitestgehend wirkungslosen Maßnahmen suggeriert, wieder die Kontrolle über unsere eigenen Daten zu bekommen. Mein Statement bei heise:

    heise.de/meinung/Kommentar-Mic

  29. #Google Is a #Monopolist in Online #Advertising Tech, Judge Says

    The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.

    nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technol

  30. #Google Is a #Monopolist in Online #Advertising Tech, Judge Says

    The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.

    nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technol

  31. #Google Is a #Monopolist in Online #Advertising Tech, Judge Says

    The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.

    nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technol

  32. Is a in Online Tech, Judge Says

    The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.

    nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technol

  33. #Google Is a #Monopolist in Online #Advertising Tech, Judge Says

    The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.

    nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technol

  34. While I'm critical of the poverty industry, this recent comment by Musk is absolutely inhuman and right on-brand!

    Snopes Fact Check
    Elon Musk Did Say the Word 'Homeless' Is a Lie?
    The tech entrepreneur has a history of suspicion towards organizations helping homeless people.
    #Neoliberal #Fascistic #antiDemocratic #antiUnion #Monopolist
    snopes.com/fact-check/musk-wor

  35. While I'm critical of the poverty industry, this recent comment by Musk is absolutely inhuman and right on-brand!

    Snopes Fact Check
    Elon Musk Did Say the Word 'Homeless' Is a Lie?
    The tech entrepreneur has a history of suspicion towards organizations helping homeless people.
    #Neoliberal #Fascistic #antiDemocratic #antiUnion #Monopolist
    snopes.com/fact-check/musk-wor

  36. While I'm critical of the poverty industry, this recent comment by Musk is absolutely inhuman and right on-brand!

    Snopes Fact Check
    Elon Musk Did Say the Word 'Homeless' Is a Lie?
    The tech entrepreneur has a history of suspicion towards organizations helping homeless people.
    #Neoliberal #Fascistic #antiDemocratic #antiUnion #Monopolist
    snopes.com/fact-check/musk-wor

  37. While I'm critical of the poverty industry, this recent comment by Musk is absolutely inhuman and right on-brand!

    Snopes Fact Check
    Elon Musk Did Say the Word 'Homeless' Is a Lie?
    The tech entrepreneur has a history of suspicion towards organizations helping homeless people.
    #Neoliberal #Fascistic #antiDemocratic #antiUnion #Monopolist
    snopes.com/fact-check/musk-wor

  38. While I'm critical of the poverty industry, this recent comment by Musk is absolutely inhuman and right on-brand!

    Snopes Fact Check
    Elon Musk Did Say the Word 'Homeless' Is a Lie?
    The tech entrepreneur has a history of suspicion towards organizations helping homeless people.
    #Neoliberal #Fascistic #antiDemocratic #antiUnion #Monopolist
    snopes.com/fact-check/musk-wor

  39. #boycott #Microsoft ...
    Oh, wait. We ca n't because we made them the #monopolist. It's the only #OS any one uses.
    (go #linux)

  40. #boycott #Microsoft ...
    Oh, wait. We ca n't because we made them the #monopolist. It's the only #OS any one uses.
    (go #linux)

  41. #boycott #Microsoft ...
    Oh, wait. We ca n't because we made them the #monopolist. It's the only #OS any one uses.
    (go #linux)

  42. #boycott #Microsoft ...
    Oh, wait. We ca n't because we made them the #monopolist. It's the only #OS any one uses.
    (go #linux)

  43. Poor Alphabet (Google) always being picked on by the Government!

    "The CMA is investigating Alphabet Inc.’s (Google LLC) partnership with Anthropic PBC."

    gov.uk/cma-cases/alphabet-inc-

    #monopoly #monopolist #google