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It would be interesting to see how much amazon and apple spend vs. how much google spends on lobbying - might answer your q.

oflannabhra 6y ago
Seems like you'd be the one surprised: Even though they have cut their lobbying budget in the past two years, Alphabet has spent more on lobbying Congress over the past decade than any other tech firm, except maybe Amazon. [0] - https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000067823 https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary...
jjcon 6y ago
Google has spent by far the most over the past 10 years. https://si-wsj-net.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w820/s/si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OG-DI768_TECHLO_4U_20191025152941.png https://si-wsj-net.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w820/s/si.wsj.net/p...
- cmauniada 6y ago
  Interesting. So its just a different admin that wants to get a point across. Right before elections too - simply political imo.
  - adventured 6y ago
    The Republican Party now views Google as a hostile, specifically anti-Republican entity. Google is regarded as a political enemy. It's not just about the election. The Republicans will persistently pursue any comapny that attempts to attack them as Google openly has. Google declared war on that political party, that party is now striking back. It was an enormous mistake by Google, as the Republican Party is one of the few entities in the US that is drastically more powerful than Google is; they can make their operational existence absolute hell, and they can destroy the company over time very easily just by pursuing their executives using available power levers, the best execs will avoid Google rather than deal with all the shit. It's what prompted both Larry and Sergey to run for cover as fast as they could, so they could avoid the scrutiny and investigations; I pity Pichai, he's the well-paid volunteer patsy to stand in and take the fire for Larry and Sergey.
  - jjcon 6y ago
    More likely they are just guilty of anti-trust violations

oflannabhra 6y ago

Seems like you'd be the one surprised: Even though they have cut their lobbying budget in the past two years, Alphabet has spent more on lobbying Congress over the past decade than any other tech firm, except maybe Amazon. [0] - https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000067823 https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary...

jjcon 6y ago

Google has spent by far the most over the past 10 years. https://si-wsj-net.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w820/s/si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OG-DI768_TECHLO_4U_20191025152941.png https://si-wsj-net.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w820/s/si.wsj.net/p...

cmauniada 6y ago
Interesting. So its just a different admin that wants to get a point across. Right before elections too - simply political imo.
- adventured 6y ago
  The Republican Party now views Google as a hostile, specifically anti-Republican entity. Google is regarded as a political enemy. It's not just about the election. The Republicans will persistently pursue any comapny that attempts to attack them as Google openly has. Google declared war on that political party, that party is now striking back. It was an enormous mistake by Google, as the Republican Party is one of the few entities in the US that is drastically more powerful than Google is; they can make their operational existence absolute hell, and they can destroy the company over time very easily just by pursuing their executives using available power levers, the best execs will avoid Google rather than deal with all the shit. It's what prompted both Larry and Sergey to run for cover as fast as they could, so they could avoid the scrutiny and investigations; I pity Pichai, he's the well-paid volunteer patsy to stand in and take the fire for Larry and Sergey.
- jjcon 6y ago
  More likely they are just guilty of anti-trust violations