Re:Four companies dominate our daily lives unlike any other ...
by greeneggs on Sunday February 11, 2018 @11:15AM
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It's political. Liberals are generally suspicious of large companies, but are used to getting nowhere in fighting them. The conservative agenda has been controlled by big companies for a long time.
(This is the black-and-white version. I know it is inaccurate and oversimplified! Obviously the true story is more complicated.)
But these tech companies are big companies that are liberal to an unheard-of extent. So when a few liberals target them, the usual opposition is strangely missing.
Tech is too big, OK. but why not:
* oil
* finance
* media
? is google that much more of a hoarder of billions and harmer of the public good than ExxonMobil and BP ?
hmmm
> You could merge the world’s top five advertising agencies (WPP, Omnicom, Publicis, IPG, and Dentsu) with five major media companies (Disney, Time Warner, 21st Century Fox, CBS, and Viacom) and still need to add five major communications companies (AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Charter, and Dish) to get only 90 percent of what Google and Facebook are worth together.
well that's a Thing, I guess