The Big Four
Dossiers on Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft: market position, contracts, lawsuits and lobbying.
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Google: search share & default-placement deals
U.S. and global search share with the data source named, default-placement payments as disclosed in the court record, and the remedies ordered in DOJ v. Google.
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Google: ad-tech auctions
The ad-tech case: findings, remedy proceedings, fee-rate evidence entered in court, and Google's appeals and statements.
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Google: cloud & AI in schools, cities and agencies
Public contracts and school-district adoptions, with dollar amounts and terms from procurement records, plus district and agency statements.
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Amazon: seller fees & fulfillment
Amazon's published fee schedules, the share of seller revenue that goes to fees per named studies, the FTC's allegations, and Amazon's responses. The 45-50% figure is not published until a named source supports it.
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Amazon: federal lobbying
Quarterly lobbying spending from Senate filings, the issues named in each filing, and PAC activity from FEC filings. We report what the filings show. We do not state where the money came from unless a filing does.
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Amazon: Ring & police partnerships
Changes to Ring's police-request policies, the FTC's Ring order, the number of agencies in partner programs as disclosed by Amazon or the agencies, and Amazon's statements.
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Apple: App Store rules & commissions
Apple's current rules, rulings in Epic v. Apple, DOJ v. Apple, EU Digital Markets Act decisions, and Apple's statements and appeals.
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Apple: messaging & device interoperability
The DOJ complaint's allegations on messaging and accessories, Apple's changes (such as adopting RCS), EU interoperability orders, and Apple's response.
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Apple: privacy defaults & Apple's own ad business
App Tracking Transparency, regulator complaints about it in Europe, Apple's advertising revenue where disclosed, and Apple's statements.
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Microsoft: bundling across Windows, Office, Teams & Azure
Regulator actions on bundling (such as the EU's Teams case), licensing terms for schools and governments, and Microsoft's commitments and statements.
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Microsoft: government cloud contracts
Federal cloud awards and their values, security authorizations, and agencies' stated reliance, from procurement data.
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Microsoft: AI integration & partnerships
Copilot rollouts, Microsoft's AI partnerships and investments as disclosed, regulator reviews of those partnerships, and Microsoft's statements.
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