👀 #TIL Monopoly wasn't invented by the Parker Brothers, nor the man they gave it credit for. In 1904, Monopoly was originally called The Landlord's Game, and was invented by a radical woman. Elizabeth Magie's original game had not one, but two sets of rules to choose from.
One was called "Prosperity", where every player won money anytime another gained a property. And the game was won by everyone playing only when the person with the least doubled their resources. A game of collaboration and social good.
The second set of rules was called "Monopoly", where players succeeded by taking properties and rent from those with less luck rolling the dice. The winner was the person who used their power to eliminate everyone else.
Magie's mission was to teach us how different we feel when playing Prosperity vs Monopoly, hoping that it would one day change national policies.
When the Parker Bros adopted the game, they erased the "Prosperity" rules and celebrated "Monopoly". #ElizabethMagie#Monopoly#Landlord
HT Tumblr.com/soberscientistlife
I think most people play #monopoly wrong. When you land on a property you have the chance to buy. If you don't the property is auctioned to all players. This makes the game move a lot faster.
Also, when you land a property, you should buy it because the winner is the one with the most assets (not money) and owning the property gives you, not your opponent, control over it.
Then only sell or swap if you will gain something that will help you win.
Ironic that Apple, which doesn’t allow alternative app stores, is not deemed a monopoly, but Google, which does, is.
“But Epic v. Google turned out to be a very different case. It hinged on secret revenue sharing deals between Google, smartphone makers, and big game developers, ones that Google execs internally believed were designed to keep rival app stores down.”
“Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight”
New study: "The current level of implementation of transformative agreements is insufficient to bring about a large-scale transition to fully #OpenAccess. A key finding…is that TAs maintain market concentration…The three largest commercial publishers #Elsevier, #SpringerNature & #Wiley dominate, particularly with regard to OA provided through TAs. Together, the 3 publishers accounted for 3/4 of OA articles through TAs." https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18255
Witnessed a family of four pull out a Monopoly box and set it up on an insanely crowded train from London to Bristol. Properties, utilities, Chance, Community Chest, money poking out every which way off the side of the table. Even looking at it gave me anxiety. It was simultaneously so basic, yet so fearless. I didn't know there were ride or die Monopoly people.
Monopoly was created in 1935 by Charles B. Darrow, based — without credit — on the Landlord’s Game, which was intended to teach players about taxes and had been patented by Lizzie Magie in 1904. Atlas Obscura's Adrienne Raphel looks at its cultural impact, whether it's a bad game, and its nadir — 2019's Ms. Monopoly, which remarkably failed to upend the patriarchy. edited to credit the original creator
Their reluctant allowance of third-party app stores, #sideloading, & alternative payments is nothing more than an act of #malicious compliance by #apple 🍎
The Federal Trade Commission thinks Amazon is an illegal monopoly, and it’s suing the company to stop it — which could mean breaking up the e-commerce giant.
Margot Robbie is taking on yet another of our childhood memories — her company LuckyChap is set to produce a live-action feature film based on Monopoly. Here's more from Variety.
Google is taking pay-to-play to the next level. Recent court testimony shows that Google paid $21 Billion USD to remain the Internet's dominant search engine. 😱
I just uploaded a video to YouTube and in classic #monopoly fashion, #Google will not let me view my own video without my disabling my ad-blocker.
That's what happens when your nation state doesn't enforce any of its anti-trust laws, folks!
It is a direct reduction of user freedom and consumer choice, but Google gets away with it. Not to mention that their entire business model is grounded in intellectual property theft.
DOJ sues Apple over iPhone monopoly in landmark antitrust case (www.cnbc.com)
Apple and its iPhone and App Store business have been eyed by the Department of Justice, which previously filed antitrust suits against Google.