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From: S. maltophilia12/10/2025 10:55:09 PM
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Another angle on enshittifacation:

......Yet it’s fair to wonder how realistic these prescriptions are in the second Trump administration. According to a recent report by Public Citizen, Trump’s return to power has brought a bonanza for Big Tech. Of the 142 federal investigations and enforcement actions against technology corporations inherited from the previous administration, at least 45 have already been withdrawn or halted. The beneficiaries read like a who’s who of Silicon Valley: Meta, Tesla, SpaceX, PayPal, eBay, and a constellation of cryptocurrency and financial technology firms.

Since the 2024 election cycle began, tech corporations and their executives have spent an estimated $1.2 billion on political influence—$863 million in political spending, $76 million in lobbying, and a further $222 million in payments to Trump’s own businesses. The return on investment has been immediate: a sweeping “AI Action Plan” directing the Federal Trade Commission to review and, where possible, rescind consent decrees that “unduly burden AI innovation.” Among the cases at risk are investigations into OpenAI and Snap for generative AI harms and antitrust cases against Microsoft.

When enforcement collapses, platforms don’t just grow, they metastasize. What Berners-Lee once envisioned as a universal commons has become, under this new regime, a rentier’s paradise. The web’s open protocols have been fenced off;....

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