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by jshevek 3630 days ago
>> not allowing a huge multi-national business to abuse its power.

And yet you use iCloud and Amazon?

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Could you make your point more clearly? Google is potentially breaking laws and being investigated for that. If Amazon or Apple are suspected of breaking those laws they should also be investigated.
Do you think that abuses of power which result in the violation of laws are the only kinds of abuses of power that matter?
Of course not. I didn't imply that anywhere. I stated that Google is potentially breaking the law so should be investigated and offered some alternatives I use which suit my needs better.
Maybe the initial point you meant to make was related more to 'breaking the law' rather than 'abusing their power', but the phrasing you used focused on the abuse of power rather than the law. This can be taken to imply that you care about the abuse of power itself (rather than merely possible violations of law)

Apple and Amazon (like most companies their size) have well established histories of abusing their power, so I found it odd that you would explicitly mention their products as alternatives in the very same sentence in which you appear to criticise the abuse of power.

I meant 'abusing their power' in the sense of a monopoly using their power to kill competition before it has a chance.