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by citizenpaul 1408 days ago
Could even take it one step further and say that Google is flaunting bad behavior to put regulator eyes on it on purpose. Since Google controls the market anyway it would actually help to discourage competitors.

Noam Chomsky would probably agree as he says large companies love regulation because it locks out competitors.

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Noam or no Noam this is pretty well known. Enterprise Risk and Compliance departments for major banks and financial institutions are a a revolving door of lobbyists, regulators, and executives, and they all participate in the draft process of the legislation.

It's about time Big Tech caught up to what the rest of what large corporations in America do. Gotta start paying off those politicians and drafting regulation to lock out all those pesky startups.