Leah Nylen

That is the ideal that any trust enforcers talk about. If there were all of these other social media platforms, if we really did have like 10,000 of them, it wouldn't matter if the government was trying to go around and get somebody banned off of Facebook. one or censor a particular view about viruses because those people could just go to the other one.

That is the ideal that any trust enforcers talk about. If there were all of these other social media platforms, if we really did have like 10,000 of them, it wouldn't matter if the government was trying to go around and get somebody banned off of Facebook. one or censor a particular view about viruses because those people could just go to the other one.

But the problem is we only have a few of them. These are the gateways to the internet. And so if the, you know, government or if the company itself makes a decision, it can have a massive impact. That's sort of the entire premise of a lot of these cases is, you know, we should have lots of competition for all these things, but we don't.

But the problem is we only have a few of them. These are the gateways to the internet. And so if the, you know, government or if the company itself makes a decision, it can have a massive impact. That's sort of the entire premise of a lot of these cases is, you know, we should have lots of competition for all these things, but we don't.

But the problem is we only have a few of them. These are the gateways to the internet. And so if the, you know, government or if the company itself makes a decision, it can have a massive impact. That's sort of the entire premise of a lot of these cases is, you know, we should have lots of competition for all these things, but we don't.

I think you definitely saw that for a long time. I mean, I think you even really saw that with the Epic Apple case, right? The judge wasn't really ready to go there and find that what Apple does violates antitrust laws, although she found that they do violate California's antitrust laws.

I think you definitely saw that for a long time. I mean, I think you even really saw that with the Epic Apple case, right? The judge wasn't really ready to go there and find that what Apple does violates antitrust laws, although she found that they do violate California's antitrust laws.

I think you definitely saw that for a long time. I mean, I think you even really saw that with the Epic Apple case, right? The judge wasn't really ready to go there and find that what Apple does violates antitrust laws, although she found that they do violate California's antitrust laws.

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You can definitely see that in Judge Mehta's opinion, right? And that was part of the reason that they went with the Google search case first, is the way that they pled that case and the way that they brought it to trial is so closely used to how they brought the Microsoft case and the Microsoft decision forward. all he had to do is be like, oh, apply Microsoft, DOJ wins.

You can definitely see that in Judge Mehta's opinion, right? And that was part of the reason that they went with the Google search case first, is the way that they pled that case and the way that they brought it to trial is so closely used to how they brought the Microsoft case and the Microsoft decision forward. all he had to do is be like, oh, apply Microsoft, DOJ wins.

You can definitely see that in Judge Mehta's opinion, right? And that was part of the reason that they went with the Google search case first, is the way that they pled that case and the way that they brought it to trial is so closely used to how they brought the Microsoft case and the Microsoft decision forward. all he had to do is be like, oh, apply Microsoft, DOJ wins.

And so they were like laying out for him, here is the way to do it. And he took the bait. He found that Google is an illegal monopolist. Now, some of the other cases are a little bit harder. And that's part of the reason they were brought later. They were hoping that they would have a little bit more development in the law.

And so they were like laying out for him, here is the way to do it. And he took the bait. He found that Google is an illegal monopolist. Now, some of the other cases are a little bit harder. And that's part of the reason they were brought later. They were hoping that they would have a little bit more development in the law.

And so they were like laying out for him, here is the way to do it. And he took the bait. He found that Google is an illegal monopolist. Now, some of the other cases are a little bit harder. And that's part of the reason they were brought later. They were hoping that they would have a little bit more development in the law.

And, you know, now a lot of these judges can at least look to Mehta's decision for how he applied it to Google as they're thinking about it. I don't know if that's actually going to, you know, cause them to find, for example, that Apple's a monopoly or, you know, Amazon.

And, you know, now a lot of these judges can at least look to Mehta's decision for how he applied it to Google as they're thinking about it. I don't know if that's actually going to, you know, cause them to find, for example, that Apple's a monopoly or, you know, Amazon.

And, you know, now a lot of these judges can at least look to Mehta's decision for how he applied it to Google as they're thinking about it. I don't know if that's actually going to, you know, cause them to find, for example, that Apple's a monopoly or, you know, Amazon.