Pluralistic: Antiusurpation and the road to disenshittification (07 Nov 2024)

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Antiusurpation and the road to disenshittification: We've got the wrong kind of middlemen.
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A profoundly stupid case about video game cheating could transform adblocking into a copyright infringement: Actual property rights are less important than the metaphorical property rights of "IP."
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How to design a tech regulation: A modest proposal for a transatlantic self-equilibriating system.
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End of the line for corporate sovereignty: ISDSes are on the ropes, and not a moment too soon.
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Conspiratorialism and the epistemological crisis: We may not know what's in the box, but we can tell if it's been damaged in transit.
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Apple to EU: "Go fuck yourself": The dictionary definition of malicious compliance.
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How Amazon transformed the EU into a planned economy: Monopsony, junk fees and market power.
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To save the news, repeal the app tax: The latest in "saving the news from Big Tech."
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