A thoughtful article, and sobering in its tone - given that The Register is often flippant where flippancy is due. The focused and sombre writing here speaks vo

A thoughtful article, and sobering in its tone - given that The Register is often flippant where flippancy is due. The focused and sombre writing here speaks volumes. To me, this stood out: This leap between diametrically opposed positions in just a few short days has sounded its own warning alarm. It has exposed the extraordinary power that Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon possess, and the fact that that power lies in the hands of a very small number of execs guided by no more than their current state of mind.