Elizabeth Warren Says Apple, Amazon and Google Are Trying To 'Lock Out' Competition (recode.net)

Elizabeth Warren, an American academic and member of the Democratic Party, believes that Google, Apple, and Amazon are trying to use their size to "snuff out competition." In a speech about the perils of "consolidation and concentration" throughout the economy, the Massachusetts senator singled out the three of tech's biggest players. From a report:Warren had different beefs with Google, Apple and Amazon, but the common thread was that she accused each one of using its powerful platform to "lock out smaller guys and newer guys," including some that compete with Google, Apple and Amazon. Google, she said, uses "its dominant search engine to harm rivals of its Google Plus user review feature;" Apple "has placed conditions on its rivals that make it difficult for them to offer competitive streaming services" that compete with Apple Music; and Amazon "uses its position as the dominant bookseller to steer consumers to books published by Amazon to the detriment of other publishers.""Google, Apple and Amazon have created disruptive technologies that changed the world, and ... they deserve to be highly profitable and successful," Warren said. "But the opportunity to compete must remain open for new entrants and smaller competitors that want their chance to change the world again."

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I don't believe that to be true!!

[will_die]

Who is world would call Elizabeth warren an academic?

Re:I don't believe that to be true!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Fauxcohontas was hired by Harvard in an attempt to prove how diverse they were and for no other reason.

There was an interesting article about her recently that pointed out how she was a complete no one until she appeared on the Daily Show and John Stewart made her out to be some kind of Savior of the Left.

Fuck off, Fauxcahontas.

[jcr]

If we ever enact statues against hypocrisy in this country, she'll be doing 50 to life.

-jcr