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the circular tendency in digital capitalism

From this fascinating Jacobin piece. This observation is key to what I’m planning on focusing on over the next few years:

One of the features of recent digital capitalism is the tendency for firms to build companies that appear to skirt around the spirit, and perhaps the letter, of the law regarding vertical monopolies (for example, some have argued that Facebook’s “internet.org” initiative might have vertical-monopolistic consequences). Unsurprisingly, the Koch-funded Mercatus Center insists that regulators should keep their hands off.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/08/amazon-google-facebook-privacy-bezos/

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