From search and books to online TV and operating systems, antitrust affects our daily digital lives in more ways than we think.
From Marvin Ammori
Regardless of the industry, antitrust law is meant to benefit consumers - not competitors.
Being a 'monopoly' is not illegal, nor is trying to best one's competitors through lower prices, better customer service, greater efficiency, or more rapid innovation.
In software and many other online markets, even dominant firms face potential threats because of the low costs for competitors to enter those markets. Threats more easily emerge because of better or newer technologies leapfrogging older ones.
The Internet is one of the most revolutionary technologies the world has ever known. It has given us an entire universe of information in our pockets.
Before the Internet, we were in a different sort of dark age. We had to wait to hear news on TV at night or in print the next day. We had to go to record stores to find new music. Cocktail party debates couldn't be settled on the spot.
Public participation helped create the Internet, and it helps protect it. That's worth celebrating and remembering.
The Internet isn't just itself a revolution - it sometimes starts them, too.
'Politico Magazine' listed me among the top 50 'thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics' for my work in coalitions advancing net neutrality.
The FCC sided with the public and adopted extremely strong net neutrality rules that should be a global model for Internet freedom.
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