Sec. 16 of the Clayton Act 1914 - any person threatened with loss or damage by a “violation of the antitrust laws” can obtain a court injunction. You can also sue for treble damages if you can show you actually suffered monetary damages. Monopolization, under the Sherman act, requires “the possession of monopoly power in the relevant market”. The relevant market here is the App Store/iOS. Monopoly power means substantial market power that is durable rather than fleeting. Market power means the ability to raise prices profitability above those that would be charged in a competitive market (i.e., 30% tax would not be charged in a competitive market). Of course there’s other issues, but on its face Damus seems to have a valid cause of action against apple for violating anti trust laws and damaging Damus’ business. Is it time for a Damus legal fund??

Some people really need better critical thinking. Too many people think black rocks wtf is a Trojan horse for an attack. Why? In what world do would those incentives align? You’re basically saying this is black rocks thing: “Hey let’s embrace this asset to make a shit load of money. And at the same time let’s launch an attack on the asset so it becomes less valuable”

Still zapping on Damus 👀 don’t tell apple

Open-source vs. Closed-source hits the MSM “We aren’t positioned to win this [AI] arms race and neither is OpenAI,” a Google engineer wrote in a memo posted by the tech site Semianalysis in May. “I’m talking, of course, about open source. Plainly put, they are lapping us … While our models still hold a slight edge in terms of quality, the gap is closing astonishingly quickly.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/26/facebook-chatbot-sex/

Apple generates $1.1 trillion in billings and sales via the App Store, which is a larger number than the gdp of all but 16 countries. Dismantle the Appopoly!

This man was absolutely booking it for the cycle

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CYCLE FOR ELLY DE LA CRUZ 🔥 He is the youngest player to hit for the cycle since 1972. (via @MLB)

Adjacent thought: How do you pronounce envelope? A. Envelope B. Envelope C. Envelope View quoted note →

“Fat ass” and “fat ass” mean two different things

What are flat earthers gonna do when space tourism allows normal people to go to the edge of space and see how nice and round our planet is

They’re getting to a point where they realize fighting is useless, and instead they have to try to compete. Once they figure out their competing currencies can’t win, we have won. View quoted note →

How privileged are Americans? Starbucks workers are going on strike because they can’t decorate the shops how they want to. People…who have a job…are going to stop working…because they can’t DECORATE

This is huge. Great for new user content discovery. View quoted note →

*wifi goes out several days over the past weeks* *email landlord letting her know* Landlord: “interesting ours has been working fine. Try using an Ethernet cable” COOL, I’m glad your works fine, mine doesn’t! How am I to plug every device I needed connected I to the 1 Ethernet port available?!?!?

I am starting an AI art series of pepe the frog in the style of various historically famous artists and modelled off of their paintings, inspired by #[0] and the narcissus pepe I made earlier