After decades of hand-wringing and much spilled ink, antitrust cases and new enforcement tools against the technology platform behemoths are finally starting to bite. Which means that, in 2026, we’ll see whether ongoing attempts to rein in the platform monopolies will succeed in denting their market power. It’s not a foregone conclusion.
Regulators, competitors, and customers are trying to make platform markets more open and competitive via ongoing lawsuits and new regulation. These efforts, years in the making, will reach critical junctures in 2026 and even succeed or fail. By the end of the 2026, pressures on the tech giants ...