The first half of the episode contains a deep dive into 5 new bills to curb the power of big tech and dominance of their platforms. Alex takes a look at the American Choice and Innovation Online Act, the Ending Platform Monopolies Act, The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act, the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act, and The Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act. In the second half of the show, discussion of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos traveling to space in a Blue Origin rocket, Microsoft subsidising the cost of Xbox consoles, and hospitality data comparing the recovery of Hotels vs Airbnb.
Originally Aired: 06/15/21
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00:00 - Subscribe for Tech & Business News Daily
00:22 - New Platform/Tech Legislation
27:07 - Xbox Console Profits?
30:11 - Jeff Bezos Space Trip
34:21 - Airbnb vs Hotel Bounce Back
Winner Take All