This is why we have anti-trust laws. Because we are supposed to break up trusts long before get anywhere near becoming a monopoly. The time to break up Google/Alphabet and every company like them was well over a decade ago.

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I approve of all these except GIMP.

GIMP is just terrible.

Aptera can’t start shipping soon enough. Especially in sunny places like California. Drink Tesla’s milkshake. Drink it all up.

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Death of affordable anything.

And also freedom, democracy, privacy, etc.

For a company like Apple, that’s “cost of doing business” rather than a genuine deterrent.