It’s late so I’ll save more thoughts for but ICYMI the latest big tech #antitrust case has been filed
https://twitter.com/leah_nylen/status/1412909231636889600
These days whenever such a case is filed my first 2 questions are: what actions do they allege are negatively impact consumer welfare (particularly when consumers often benefiting) & what are they considering the market (this seems to be particularly an issue for tech cases)?
More thoughts and links to relevant work to come tomorrow
Also to the it’s past the time I should be thinking about and working on antitrust but that should be “I’ll save more thoughts for tomorrow” I left out a word and Twitter still lacks an #editbutton
Okay coming back to this now. Some early thoughts on the latest Google #antitrust case
First it is interesting to see app stores at the center of antitrust debates. Most of us as consumers already use multiple app stores and multi-home across different operating systems.
First it is interesting to see app stores at the center of antitrust debates. Most of us as consumers already use multiple app stores and multi-home across different operating systems.
.@JuanMLondonoR and I discussed this in a previous piece but there remains a dynamic and competitive market for apps and app stores that benefit both developers and end user consumers americanactionforum.org/insight/do-app…
I will also be interested to see how this interacts with debates over sideloading. Google allows sideloading and a lot of Android devices such as Kindle Fires or Samsung Galaxys already come with multiple app stores, but some how this case still finds a monopoly in the app market
So in both of these regards to the two questions I noted last night: it seems like the case does not clearly show a harm to consumers and it would have to define the market for apps or app stores much more narrowly than the consumer experience
App stores seem to be an increasing focus in the debates around Big Tech. Several state proposals this year sought to put additional regulations app stores & their distribution model but as far as I know none succeeded. Plus there's the Epic v. Apple case as well
One final note, this now at least the third different theory around antitrust and Google that we've seen. In all of these cases some similar questions stick out. Here's my piece from that first case filed in October americanactionforum.org/insight/what-d…
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