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Microsoft tried that same shit over Internet Explorer back in the day. Gates even testified that it would harm innovation and the future of computing, too.

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Google tries to avoid monopoly charges (arstechnica.com)

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Reddit will lock content behind a paywall (arstechnica.com)

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TIL 22 fake Apple stores were discovered in China, selling fake Apple products. Even the employees thought they were working for Apple (arstechnica.com)

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HEY NERDS DO THIS! (arstechnica.com)

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/ai-haters-build-tarpits-to-trap-and-trick-ai-scrapers-that-ignore-robots-txt/

This is awesome and every website should deploy it. Fuck ai. Also you can "poison" trapped ai so you can tay tf out of them. Hitler will be the good guy once again!

FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling (arstechnica.com)

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/ftc-launches-probe-of-microsoft-over-bundling/

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Microsoft in a wide-ranging probe that will examine whether the company’s business practices have run afoul of antitrust laws, according to people familiar with the matter. In recent weeks, FTC attorneys have been conducting interviews and setting up meetings with Microsoft competitors.

One key area of interest is how the world’s largest software provider packages popular Office products together with cybersecurity and cloud computing services, said one of the people, who asked not to be named discussing a confidential matter.

This so-called bundling was the subject of a recent ProPublica investigation, which detailed how, beginning in 2021, Microsoft used the practice to vastly expand its business with the US government while boxing competitors out of lucrative federal contracts.

$2 per megabyte: AT&T mistakenly charged customer $6,223 for 3.1GB of data (arstechnica.com)

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/2-per-megabyte-att-mistakenly-charged-customer-6223-for-3-1gb-of-data/

An AT&T customer who switched to the company's FirstNet service for first responders got quite the shock when his >bill came in at $6,223.60, instead of the roughly $260 that his four-line plan previously cost each month.

The Texas man described his experience in a now-deleted Reddit post three days ago, saying he hadn't been able to >get the obviously incorrect bill reversed despite calling AT&T and going to an AT&T store in Dallas. The case drew >plenty of attention and the bill was finally wiped out several days after the customer contacted the AT&T president's office.

The customer said he received the billing email on December 11. An automatic payment was scheduled for December 15, >but he canceled the autopay before the money was charged. The whole mess took a week to straighten out.

comcast is the proverbial devil but i refuse to switch to att even if the prices are lower and they have true fiber.

i have had nothing but bad experiences with ATT in the past

Big loss for ISPs as Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to $15 broadband law (arstechnica.com)

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/big-loss-for-isps-as-supreme-court-wont-hear-challenge-to-15-broadband-law/

The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the broadband industry's challenge to a New York law that requires Internet >providers to offer $15- or $20-per-month service to people with low incomes.

In August, six trade groups representing the cable, telecom, mobile, and satellite industries filed a petition >asking the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that upheld the state law. But the Supreme Court won't >take up the case. The high court denied the telecom groups' petition without comment in a list of orders released >yesterday.

ISPs fear more states will regulate prices as New York law survives challenge.

Cable ISPs compare data caps to food menus: Don’t make us offer unlimited soup (arstechnica.com)

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/cable-isps-compare-data-caps-to-food-menus-dont-make-us-offer-unlimited-soup/

Data plans compared to a "tasting menu, a buffet, or unlimited soup and salad."

AT&T praises itself after getting caught taking too much money from FCC program (arstechnica.com)

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“I am still alive”: Users say T-Mobile must pay for killing “lifetime” price lock We obtained 900 complaints the FCC received about T-Mobile's infamous price hike. (arstechnica.com)

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/i-am-still-alive-users-say-t-mobile-must-pay-for-killing-lifetime-price-lock/

T-Mobile promised users who bought certain mobile plans that it would never raise their prices for as long as they lived—but then raised their prices this year. So it's no surprise that 2,000 T-Mobile customers complained to the government about a price hike on plans that were advertised as having a lifetime price lock.

T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users (arstechnica.com)

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/t-mobile-att-oppose-unlocking-rule-claim-locked-phones-are-good-for-users/

T-Mobile and AT&T say US regulators should drop a plan to require unlocking of phones within 60 days of activation, claiming that locking phones to a carrier's network makes it possible to provide cheaper handsets to consumers. "If the Commission mandates a uniform unlocking policy, it is consumers—not providers—who stand to lose the most," T-Mobile alleged in an October 17 filing with the Federal Communications Commission.

The proposed rule has support from consumer advocacy groups who say it will give users more choice and lower their costs. T-Mobile has been criticized for locking phones for up to a year, which makes it impossible to use a phone on a rival's network. T-Mobile claims that with a 60-day unlocking rule, "consumers risk losing access to the benefits of free or heavily subsidized handsets because the proposal would force providers to reduce the line-up of their most compelling handset offers."

Just a reminder that reddit sucks! (And if you support them by visiting them, you suck too!) (arstechnica.com)

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Goy vey! "US vaccinations fall again as more parents refuse 'lifesaving' shots for kids" (arstechnica.com)

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https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/10/us-vaccinations-fall-again-as-more-parents-refuse-lifesaving-shots-for-kids/

The analysis didn't explore the reasons for the declining vaccination rates, but the researchers briefly speculated that the slide toward preventable outbreaks could be due to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy bleeding over to routine vaccinations, or simply backlash to vaccine mandates during the pandemic.

It's almost as if when you repeatedly lie to people about the safety of an untested vaccine, and they experience injuries or worse due to said untested vaccine, they'll be less likely to trust the people pushing other vaccines in the future.

Regardless, the researchers pointed to evidence-based strategies to boost vaccination, including school-based vaccination clinics, enforcement of school vaccination requirements, and strong recommendations from health care providers for routine vaccinations.

So now the narrative desperately pivots from "Muh covid/monkeypox/bird flu" to "But someone please think of the children!"

The demons are coming for the children. Be vigilant, goats.

5th Circuit rules ISP should have terminated Internet users accused of piracy (arstechnica.com)

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/record-labels-win-again-court-says-isp-must-terminate-users-accused-of-piracy/

in other words people that are accused of "piracy" will be expunged from the digital life.

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