Clearly the antitrust investigation is really about strong arming big tech into putting in backdoors. Republican administrations for decades have been weak on c

Clearly the antitrust investigation is really about strong arming big tech into putting in backdoors. Republican administrations for decades have been weak on competition law, they have little problem with mergers and conglomeration, and have no concerns for consumer protection, or a belief in a broad privacy right. And that's because they believe those things are adequately addressed by consumers making informed choices, because consumers have all available information. I'd bet all the tea in China that they drop the antitrust investigation in exchange for backdoors. If these companies continue to base their businesses in large part on services, they will need a trusted cryptographic method for protecting customer information. If these companies regress into being strictly product and advertising businesses, what is the loss of value? And what kinds of businesses fill the void? And will those businesses even be based in the U.S. if the legal regime mandates backdoors for all businesses? Besides, on what basis does DOJ require only big tech provide a backdoor?