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>I assume it must resonate with voters. Most voters care more about things like their salary, healthcare, education, retirement and real estate prices, and in
by ChuckNorris89 5y ago
>I assume it must resonate with voters.
Most voters care more about things like their salary, healthcare, education, retirement and real estate prices, and in general just making ends meet, not which SV megacorp gets to be the defacto tech monopoly.
- tyingq 5y agoPerhaps, though if it's not voters, what is causing the uptick in interest among politicians?
- ChuckNorris89 5y agoLobbying from equally wealthy competitors who couldn't become monopolies?
- tyingq 5y agoSeems odd that lobbying from what would be much smaller entities would somehow overtake lobbying from the giants.
- ChuckNorris89 5y agoWould you consider someone like Microsoft a small entity? Do you think they're just gonna sit back and accept that Apple and Google got to shove them out of the mobile space completely?
- vimacs2 5y agoNot to mention much of traditional media are geared against the interests of the tech giants. It's older villains going after the newer villains.
- modeless 5y agoFear that tech companies were becoming more influential than the politicians. They're protecting themselves from a perceived threat.
- jiscariot 5y agoAlong those lines, the NYT isn't writing their 100th FB hit piece "for the good of the people", they see a competitor with a platform. And NYT has a lot of cultural power.