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Big Tech never had to. In fact, they can pretty much make their own: "Terms and conditions may apply" (also the name of a great classic documentary on the subje
by mindcrash 10mo ago
Big Tech never had to. In fact, they can pretty much make their own: "Terms and conditions may apply" (also the name of a great classic documentary on the subject by the way).
Also the fact that they have millions to bribe (or in friendlier terms "donate") their way out of anything, and have a network of very powerful friends and allies does not help at all.
Regulation should have started when the likes of Microsoft and Google started to become omnipotent and the big players in the Valley were not as powerful and influential as they are today. Now it's probably way too late.
- sans_souse 10mo agoGoogle + Government = Goovernment
- saltcured 10mo agoExcept it is pronounced as in Hoover?
- sans_souse 10mo agomaybe it's Googlememt
- misswaterfairy 10mo ago> Now it's probably way too late. If/when the AI bubble bursts, and the worlds economies crash, we might have a chance then.
- danudey 10mo agoThe tech company playbook: 1. Defy the law (and ethics) so that you can grow rapidly without the constraint of regulations, and provide things cheaper without the overhead of compliance 2. Get so ubiquitous as a result that if government starts trying to regulate you they look like the bad guys 3. Hire lobbyists to write laws in your favor.
- WhyOhWhyQ 10mo agoWe need a Trumpian style Democrat. Then things might change for the better.