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Why is this limited to tech?
by sharemywin 5y ago
Why is this limited to tech?
- zrm 5y agoCurrently the thing with enough bipartisan support that it might pass.
- SkyMarshal 5y agoIkr, telecoms are a bigger problem than tech imho.
- missedthecue 5y agoIf you broke Comcast up into smaller companies, I don't think you'd suddenly have multiple different companies competing to dig ditches and lay fiber in each tiny town across America. You'd have Comcast North, Comcast West, Comcast South, and Comcast East, and the situation is literally still the exact same except that the owners of Comcast become a little richer due to the conglomerate discount. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/conglomeratediscount.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/conglomeratediscount.as...
- andjd 5y agoThere's a good argument that cable/internet providers are a "natural monopoly" in which case governmental ownership, or strict regulation is warranted. I.e. make them utilities.
- AnthonyMouse 5y agoThe physical last mile cable is a natural monopoly. Internet service, i.e. connectivity to the rest of the world, isn't. So it makes sense to separate them. Some countries have local loop unbundling or similar and it works pretty well.
- 1270018080 5y agoBig tech hasn't bribed hard enough to maintain their monopolies. Also the big tech boogeyman is low hanging fruit for culture war conservatives.
- vkou 5y agoThis is the correct take on it. This isn't some call for seizing the means of production. This is the right being upset that it doesn't have as good a grip on the web as it does with traditional mass media (radio, television, print).
- tyrfing 5y agoWeren't both the Senate and House versions introduced by Democrats?
- andreilys 5y agoBig tech is a lightning rod for more than culture war conservatives, the whole liberal establishment blamed tech for getting Trump elected b/c they didn't do enough to combat "misinformation". Luckily this has now been fixed by Fact Checkers (tm), who are able to remain impartial and free of bias to prevent the proliferation of misinformation online.
- maxbond 5y agoWell, there are two specific bills on the table that address big tech, and this campaign is coming from a group with an Internet-focused mission. Recognizing we have a big tech problem doesn't mean we become blind to problems elsewhere.