It's political. Liberals are generally suspicious of large companies, but are used to getting nowhere in fighting them. The conservative agenda has been contro

It's political. Liberals are generally suspicious of large companies, but are used to getting nowhere in fighting them. The conservative agenda has been controlled by big companies for a long time. (This is the black-and-white version. I know it is inaccurate and oversimplified! Obviously the true story is more complicated.) But these tech companies are big companies that are liberal to an unheard-of extent. So when a few liberals target them, the usual opposition is strangely missing.