Pluralistic: Who Broke the Internet? Part III (19 May 2025)

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Who Broke the Internet? Part III: The paradox of "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox."
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Pluralistic: Lina Khan's future is the future of the Democratic Party – and America (11 Oct 2024)

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Lina Khan's future is the future of the Democratic Party – and America: Is the Harris administration committed to the American people, or billionaire donors?
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Pluralistic: Thinking the unthinkable (19 Sep 2024)

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Thinking the unthinkable: At a certain point, we have to admit that the correct amount of radium in your suppository is zero.
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Pluralistic: FTC vs surveillance pricing (24 Jul 2024)

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FTC vs surveillance pricing: A prelude to an ass-kicking.
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Pluralistic: Surveillance pricing (05 Jun 2024)

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Surveillance pricing: They spy on you for many reasons, but also to rip you off.
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Pluralistic: Inkjump Linkdump (25 May 2024)

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Inkjump Linkdump: A long weekend's supply of miscellany.
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Pluralistic: Too big to care (04 Apr 2024)

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Too big to care: Enshittification is a choice.
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Pluralistic: Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly (01 Mar 2024)

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Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly: If you think the company's profits come from AWS, you've been suckered, too.
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Pluralistic: The conservative movement is cracking up (14 Nov 2023)

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The conservative movement is cracking up: It's not just Trumpism – antitrust is an emerging fracture line.
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Pluralistic: Amazon is a ripoff (06 Nov 2023)

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Amazon is a ripoff: New Amazon paradox just dropped.
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