Enforcing laws that are on the books but predecessors ignored, typical king behavior. Who is this for

Losers will say nothing can be done.

Big Tech knows their data centers are going to be unpopular — that's why they shroud their subsidy deals in secrecy. ICYMI: Our latest brief from Pat_Garofalo dives into how Big Tech corporations exploit NDAs to prevent the public from learning the truth about their data

Netchoice lost this case in court three times. First in the District Court, then at the 9th Circuit, and when they asked the court for a new hearing. This has been litigated. Meta/Google are now trying to stop a constitutionally sound kids' privacy law from going into effect.

We may have lost in infrastructure but we gained in people getting fired ccentral.ca/updated-sunoco…

Legalizing sports gambling was a mistake. We should fix the mistake by heavily taxing it.

As Canada's population growth slows, telecoms are getting creative in how they keep customers from cancelling or switching their service Thanks to CBC News: The National for having me on to discuss why Canadian consumers need protection from this conduct cbc.ca/player/play/vi…

This is the most joyless tech revolution ever. Wall Street loves AI but ordinary folks greet it with anxiety. Contrast to 90s when they were comfortable with Internet & related tech. A factor in the disconnect between good data & bad sentiment. My column: wsj.com/tech/ai/the-mo…

We might be at the end of the burst of competitive intensity in Canada's wireless market "On a year-over-year basis, prices for cellular services rose in October (+7.7%), the first increase since April 2023, after being unchanged in September (+0.0%)" www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quoti…

Huge get for BetaKit

My off the top cope is that this will be a positive development in the long term. Clear that the market would be healthier if Meta didn't own both FB and IG. Shows how goofy "is a YouTube a Facebook" market definition process is.

Disappointing miss on the role of concentrated meatpacking sector in Canada here. Say markets have long been concentrated so can't be playing a role in current price rises, but ends on rec that people should seek out independent abattoirs. theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-d…

"A decade ago, only 10% of Amazon sellers were based in China. Today, it’s more than 60%, and that’s no accident." - Kristi Coulter

PIAC has been a fixture of consumer advocacy in Canada for decades. We need to make sure that it and other organizations like it can continue to defend the interest of consumers.

Canada’s Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell announces he’s stepping down Dec 17th. End of an era and the beginning of a new one. Boswell was critical in bringing the Competition Bureau into the modern era.

Google and Apple are both playing coy on this airdrop story because it’s an unhelpful narrative if a European regulation is seen as producing better consumer outcomes globally, but let’s be clear: that’s exactly what’s going on here. Ars Technica the only one w/this context.