The true power of intermediary platforms.
"Google is free, for instance, to use the secrets it collects to help PepsiCo sell you more sugar. And to help your insurance company charge you more for drinking that sugar. And to help Novo Nordisk sell you Wegovy if the sugar puts too much weight on you. And the corporation is free to help powerful actors manipulate your political thinking, by packaging their lies in ways Google knows will most trigger your attention."
https://harpers.org/archive/2024/10/the-antitrust-revolution-big-tech-barry-c-lynn/
Mark Nottingham /
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