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Why would the government allow Google to buy all these companies and then just end up blowing Antitrust smoke everywhere? It’s weird the Obama administration a
by wil421 7y ago
Why would the government allow Google to buy all these companies and then just end up blowing Antitrust smoke everywhere?
It’s weird the Obama administration allowed them to buy so many companies and the Trump administration’s DOJ is talking about antitrust. I would’ve thought the opposite.
- HillaryBriss 7y agoyeah, I agree. But, OTOH, Democrats portray themselves as the "party of ideas," intellectuals and academics, and socially tolerant/liberal people and that's who Silicon Valley and Google are, so there was a natural alignment between Obama and Google/SV. Also, it didn't hurt that most of Google's employees were relatively young and probably voted for Obama. And Obama was younger and his organization was more internet-savvy. Also, campaign contributions were no doubt involved.