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The fear is that this would enable companies to directly lobby against any law that they don't like. For example, Google or Facebook might go against a privacy
by Sylos 10y ago
The fear is that this would enable companies to directly lobby against any law that they don't like. For example, Google or Facebook might go against a privacy law being enacted in a country, because that obviously directly lowers their revenue. Or a manufacturing company might go against worker protection laws, because that means that they have to invest more money. Or a fast-food chain might go against a ban on unhealthy ingredients, just because that would cause their prices to raise.
And even if it isn't that simple, and a law really has to be unfair for a specific company, then there are still certain things that need to be done, which are simply unfair. I'm thinking of anti-monopolization measures here. It's certainly not fair to penalize a company, just because it has reached a market share of close to 100%, but you kind of have to do it anyways.