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Last week last Wednesday our subcommittee of the judiciary committee in the house had a hearing with the four tech CEOs Apple Google Facebook and Amazon Microsoft was notable by its absence, but it was clearly a focus on consumer tech. It became pretty clear through the questioning that Tim Cook was only there because they kind of wanted to say that They got all of them because they were not prepared to ask him questions at all. You could see sort of the quality of questioning is really starting to come down there And then they didn't even know what the percentages were in the app store like it was kind of embarrassing.

Ben and James discuss the antitrust subcommittee hearing, the problems of mixing antitrust and Aggregators, and how to think about regulation and democracy.

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Ben Thompson: Antitrust Politics — Stratechery
The New York Times: Here’s which tech C.E.O. was asked the most questions by lawmakers. — NY Times
Ben Thompson: Why Doesn’t Apple Enable Sustainable Businesses on the App Store? — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Apple’s China Problem — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: The Antitrust Hearing, The Role of Congress, CEO Questions — Stratechery Daily Update
Ben Thompson: A Framework for Regulating Competition on the Internet — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Ends, Means, and Antitrust — Stratechery
James Allworth: Prioritizing Economics is Crippling the U.S. Economy — Medium
Ben Thompson: TikTok Key Money, Rule By Law, China Gaslighting — Stratechery Daily Update
Ben Thompson: Tech and Trump: The Meeting — Stratechery Daily Update