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Well, this fucking *sucks*. A federal judge has decided that Meta is not a monopolist, and that its acquisitions of Instagram and Whatsapp were not an illegal bid to secure and maintain a monopoly:

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The classic Puck Magazine editorial cartoon entitled 'The King of All Commodities,' depicting John D Rockefeller as a man with grotesquely tiny body and a gigantic head, wearing a crown emblazoned with the names of the industrial concerns he owned. Rockefeller's head has been replaced with that of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse avatar. The names of the industrial concerns have been replaced with the wordmarks for Scale AI, Instagram, Oculus and Whatsapp. The dollar-sign at the crown's pinnacle has been replaced with the Facebook 'f' logo. The chain around Rockefeller's neck sports the charm that Mark Zuckerberg now wears around his neck.}

Meta Learns That Nothing Is a Monopoly If You Just Wait Long Enough

On a long enough timeline, what is a monopoly anyway?
AJ Dellinger (Gizmodo)
in reply to Cory Doctorow

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That's all because it takes years and sometimes decades for the courts to rule over a subject.
And that's why the lawyers of these companies excel in delay tactics. Time always works for them.

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