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somenameforme 3 days ago

It's 100% relevant, because more or less every government in the world sees clamping down on corporate monopoly and economic damage as part of their core responsibilities. But that tends to be forgotten when those corporations are government adjacent.

See: FTC rulings on mergers for this taken to the point of absurdity. Contrary to what one might think, especially if you're in a tech bubble, the FTC regularly cancels mergers and works to void potentially anti-competitive behaviors. But when it comes to big tech, which has become completely intertwined with the government, they are treated in a rather different way.

potato3732842 3 days ago | parent [-]

>But that tends to be forgotten when those corporations are government adjacent.

Is it "forgotten" or is it a mutually beneficial relationship?

Eurostar, EZpass, etc, etc. they take the hate for extractive behavior on the government's behalf the way ticketmaster takes the hate for the artists.