> The very premise that Meta didn't face meaningful competition from TikTok was a farce.
The original claim was centered around the timeline of purchasing Instagram and Whatsapp. TikTok came much, much later.
If this is true, the case then becomes "Meta was a monopoly from start_date-tiktok_date" which isn't a very meaningful claim since they are not arguing it is a monopoly to be broken up.
Anyways, I disagree - this is not the case. If you read the filings and their slides, the FTC argues Meta is a monopoly in the personal networking space.
They essentially carve a market out of thin air to selectively exclude Snapchat, TikTok, and Shorts. The judge has understandably called this for what it is.
It was a phenomenally poorly litigated case, most experts at the time doubted it would succeed, but it did wonders for Lina Khan's popularity. Seems to have served her well with NYC and all.
Are you referring to https://security.apple.com/com/blog/private-cloud-compute/?
The only way that AI will ever be able to replace each of us, is if it gathers our entire audio, text, etc history. PCC seemed like the only viable option for a pro-AI, yet pro-privacy person such as myself. I thought PCC was one of the most thoughtful things I had every seen a FAANG create. Seriously, whoever pushed that should get some kind of medal.
Are you saying that there is no technical solution for privacy and AI to coexist? Not only that, but that was the blocker?
I am genuinely interested if anyone can provide a technical answer.
They should actually make something useful first, and then work backwards to making it private before releasing it.