> I don't understand this view at all. Why would a company that benefits this law spend so much money trying to prevent it from passing? A couple of Devil's Ad

> I don't understand this view at all. Why would a company that benefits this law spend so much money trying to prevent it from passing? A couple of Devil's Advocate suggestions for you: - Their self-interest is enlightened enough to see that there is long-term benefit in the playing field being at least somewhat even, e.g., because unassailable monopolies become lazy and eventually collapse under their own weight. - The people who run Google were startup founders once, and many of their employees and products were once startup founders/startups, so they know that a healthy startup ecosystem is to their benefit. I neither strongly believe nor disbelieve the truth of these positions. Nor do I know if they are any part of Google’s thinking behind its campaigning. I'm just suggesting them as possibilities that might help you make your own position more robust.