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Re:Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster by csomar on Monday October 07, 2024 @12:09PM (#41767426)
The ones that do are so huge that the number of companies doesn't matter. Facebook market cap is 1.5 Trillion and has $150bn of revenue every year. That's more than many countries around the world. (and I am comparing revenues to GDP).
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Re:Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster by azinman2 on Monday October 07, 2024 @12:11PM (#41767453)
“I don’t doubt the impact”
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Re:Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster by avisser on Monday October 07, 2024 @04:24PM (#41770633)
Sure, but you led with something that implied the opposite. Were I your editor, I'd've struck it.
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Re:Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster by azinman2 on Monday October 07, 2024 @05:22PM (#41771207)
I don’t think it’s misleading. SV isn’t the sum of Meta, YouTube, and TikTok (which isn’t even SV despite some roles here) - even if those companies impacts are outsized. The article explicits calls out things like AI; Anthropic and OpenAI are nowhere near like those others. And that’s just one category.

I would hope a YCombinator news site of all places would see that.

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