https://minutesof.com/on/antitrust/ Everyone on the record about antitrust: 8 verbatim quotes from 3 people, October 2020 to July 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link to… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:32:48 +0000 https://minutesof.com/q/0605bfcd-b892-4195-9f68-aa70bf421d1c/ https://minutesof.com/q/0605bfcd-b892-4195-9f68-aa70bf421d1c/ “By withholding these repair capabilities, the complaint alleged Deere unlawfully acquired and maintained monopoly power in markets for repair services for Deere farm equipment.” — Andrew Ferguson, FTC speeches Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:23:55 +0000 antitrust https://minutesof.com/q/2c5ef65f-d874-495c-944b-09702bf436f5/ https://minutesof.com/q/2c5ef65f-d874-495c-944b-09702bf436f5/ ““The settlement with Deere will help lower costs for American farmers. The FTC will continue fighting against anticompetitive restrictions on American consumers’ right to repair.”” — Andrew Ferguson, FTC speeches Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:23:55 +0000 antitrust https://minutesof.com/q/38451ef6-c26a-49ea-90de-c686cf7e3a12/ https://minutesof.com/q/38451ef6-c26a-49ea-90de-c686cf7e3a12/ “I think that had Microsoft not been under threat in the late nineties, you may not have seen Amazon or Google or a lot of companies you may not have seen.” — Bill Gurley, Prof G Markets Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:00:44 +0000 antitrust https://minutesof.com/q/b9f3e38a-33ab-4cfa-8322-55a0ed1bc5ec/ https://minutesof.com/q/b9f3e38a-33ab-4cfa-8322-55a0ed1bc5ec/ “So, like, it's, like, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Google. Right? These four companies have, you know you know, 70 plus percent of their data center AI data center capacity in The US.” — Dylan Patel, Unsupervised Learning: With Jacob Effron Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:00:12 +0000 antitrust https://minutesof.com/q/851116b2-8d58-45a7-a422-e16b48850618/ https://minutesof.com/q/851116b2-8d58-45a7-a422-e16b48850618/ “Because I do think it's a sign of strength. And I could even go further and say that it should qualify under the Section two of the Sherman Act.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:27:40 +0000 antitrust https://minutesof.com/q/1a530a10-6ad2-48e2-896b-608ebb992b1c/ https://minutesof.com/q/1a530a10-6ad2-48e2-896b-608ebb992b1c/ “Interestingly, you know, as a side note, Japan's antitrust department just launched an investigation into standard IPO practices and these types of conflicts.” — Bill Gurley, Axios Wed, 18 Aug 2021 17:10:45 +0000 antitrust https://minutesof.com/q/1b71679f-0b73-46f7-a0b4-90f535c7c549/ https://minutesof.com/q/1b71679f-0b73-46f7-a0b4-90f535c7c549/ “If they had been able to tie the browser to search the way they did, the way they went after Netscape aggressively, I think they would have succeeded. They're really good at that stuff.” — Bill Gurley, Bloomberg Tech Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:08:57 +0000 antitrust https://minutesof.com/q/916601b2-7af9-4fe3-8910-e55aaa30153e/ https://minutesof.com/q/916601b2-7af9-4fe3-8910-e55aaa30153e/ “I actually believe in my heart of hearts that the government restricting Microsoft's ability to leverage their way through the browser, open the door for Facebook, Google, Amazon.” — Bill Gurley, Bloomberg Tech Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:08:57 +0000 antitrust