> I would be in favor of such regulations, and yet I'm also not against the project here, so i don't see your point The point is that FAANG companies are smart

> I would be in favor of such regulations, and yet I'm also not against the project here, so i don't see your point The point is that FAANG companies are smart enough to elude a simple Hanlon's razor analysis. Put more explicitly: 1. Your critique of OP's argument is fundamentally correct. Pointing out that Google could solve the problem if they wanted to is missing the point. Google doesn't want to solve the problem 2. Therefore, we either have to live with the status quo, or we have to change the incentive structure. It might seem trivial to you, but I think it's an important point. Many members of the hn crowd exhibit this cognitive dissonance where on the one hand, they have a strong moral intuition that a particularly policy of tech giants is wrong (in this case, their choice not to put money in support), but on the other hand, an equally strong knee-jerk resistance to regulation of our industry. Recognition that Google (or any other giant) are just doing what's best for them (as per their definition of "best") is an important step.