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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
You know how I said there were going to be a LOT of bad takes?
The universe demands and, like clockwork, Sinofsky and Gruber provide. It would take weeks to enumerate even the basic ways the VC/Monopolist apologist class are wrong on the facts...but this specific one is delicious. Sinofsky tries to claim that Apple isn't talking.
Which must come as a surprise to [ checks notes ] Apple, who seem to be briefing both on background and in attributed statements:
Attachments:
- Sinofsky spends a lot of words trying to claim that it's only academics and antitrust professionals who are going on the record about Apple's position: "Right now the vast majority of analysis will claim this is a landmark case. The government is presenting a very strong case. This is a new era in the digital economy. In other words breathless coverage. They have to say this. Why? First, they are the only two parties talking now after reading the filing. There’s the antitrust world of academics and activists. The people who talk now are those that always want more antitrust. They spend their careers studying the topic and see antitrust with every big company at scale. There is literally nothing more exciting in the entire field than going after the biggest and most successful company of an era. Second, there are the regulatory critics that have long disliked technology and especially big technology companies. “Going after big tech” is a natural endpoint. These are the experts quoted in stories right now. The people who are not saying anything? Apple of course." https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/216-united-states-v-apple-complaint (remote)
