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> Google’s president of global affairs Kent Walker said that potential antitrust regulations "would impose one set of rules on American companies while giving a
by codethief 4y ago
> Google’s president of global affairs Kent Walker said that potential antitrust regulations "would impose one set of rules on American companies while giving a pass to foreign companies" and that they "would give the Federal Trade Commission and other government agencies unprecedented power over the design of consumer products". Walker added: "All of this would be a dramatic reversal of the approach that has made the U.S. a global technology leader, and risks ceding America’s technology leadership and threatening our national security, as bipartisan national security experts have warned".
What. That must be the most ridiculous excuse I've heard so far.
- ece 4y agoLet me translate that: Antitrust regulations "would impose rules that are bad for our bottom line, and would offer consumers choice." "We got so big because of lax regulations and mergers like the Doubleclick merger that weren't stopped, and we still want to keep buying out any potential competitors."