[cowgoesmoo]

The meat of the article is essentially saying "big tech got more customers because everyone moved online during the pandemic." Which is fine I guess, if a bit shallow and obvious. The last paragraph though, shows NYT's typical anti-tech bias.

> Big Tech is emerging from the pandemic lean, mean and ready for a U.S. economy expected to roar back to life in 2021. Meanwhile, there are still long lines at food banks. Some American workers who lost their jobs last year may never get them back. Housing advocates are worried that millions of people will be evicted from their homes. And being Big Tech is an invitation for everyone to hate you — but you do have towering piles of money.

They're trying so hard here to link "Big Tech"'s growth with pandemic-induced unemployment and housing crisis. What they say here is true in isolation. Big tech grew. There is unemployment and houses are getting pricier. But there's no evidence, in the article or otherwise, that these are linked whatsoever.

[kaesar14]

I don't think there's anything wrong with pointing out that there's 5 companies whose combined revenue is 1/3rd of the federal governments annual revenue while we have staggering poverty in large part due to the pandemic.

It may not be the FAULT of the tech companies mentioned here, but it's time we take a look at how spectacularly these companies have benefitted from the situation of the last year and tax them accordingly to help alleviate the impacts of the pandemic.