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[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don't ascribe intention where incompetence is enough.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's better to treat incompetence as maliciousness, than to treat maliciousness as incompetence.

The benefit of the doubt should only apply in the absence of a longstanding pattern of behavior to the contrary.

IMO Mozilla has run out of goodwill.

[–] aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

IMO Alphabet has run out of goodwill by abusing their market dominance in a more overt way.

Looking forward to more aggressive action by FTC, note that tech donors have asked Harris for Lina Khan's removal as a quid pro quo.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

The key point is the courts only generally care about antitrust issues if they're adversely affecting the consumer, and alphabet is starting to get into that territory.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Exactly

They are just good at burning money and getting nothing done