DCI Mentioned in BBC's 'Should Google, Amazon and Facebook fear this woman?'

By Chris Baraniuk Technology of Business reporter - 29 March 2019

Excerpt:

Presidental hopeful Senator Elizabeth Warren thinks the tech giants have become too powerful

Competition authorities don't like it when big companies merge to the detriment of consumer choice, which is why Sainsbury's and Asda are finding it so hard to get their proposed tie-up past the UK's Competition and Markets Authority.

Big tech, however, is a different kettle of fish.

"As it stands, it is difficult for users to switch between platforms," notes the MIT Digital Currency Initiative and the Center for Civic Media, "and most mega-platforms do not interoperate".

In other words, once you've bought into them, you're stuck.

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