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> I'm starting to think the reason why tech companies are so well-valued is purely due to regulatory evasion skills and a dash of political engineering.

And how exactly is that a bad thing?

You assume regulations are good, but as a customer this is incredibly short sighted.

> Facebook doesn't have to worry about defamation lawsuits. Google doesn't have to worry (as much) about copyright. Amazon built it's business on evading sales tax. Uber broke the back of your local city's taxi medallion scheme. And so on and so forth

So are you sad that you can use freedom of speech without fear of defamation lawsuits, read newspapers on google news without paying, have cheaper goods thanks to businesses forgetting to collect taxes, and better quality cabs that will come to you immediately?

> they know how to bend governments to their will.

That's one of the best points about tech :)