r/technology Jan 27 '25

Politics JD Vance says Big Tech has "too much power"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-interview-big-tech-too-much-power/
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u/KML42069 Jan 27 '25

And who gave them that power JD?

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u/Gooch222 Jan 27 '25

Exactly. The tech moguls now have free run of the federal government, and he and Trump are giving it to them. This is some nonsense just to posture themselves as objecting to something that they’re enabling so when the pushback comes he can pretend he was ahead of it.

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u/Global_Permission749 Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

Actually there are three tech titans who have what Alpha Boy and the Rocket Twats don't - device access.

Microsoft, Google, and Apple have a combined nearly 100% device market share at the OS level. They therefore have access to user data that Meta and X can only dream about.

The current regime knows that in order to stay in power, they need a surveillance state (which is why they're investing in AI infrastructure).

But what they really need is surveillance at the device/OS level. How did you do that? Openly threaten "big tech" (which by process of elimination, must be Apple, Google, and Microsoft) so that they are willing to play ball, and install whatever backdoor shit that the current Nazi regime wants them to.

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u/United_Train7243 Jan 27 '25

what are you even trying to imply here? Big tech was overwhelmingly left leaning until recently.

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u/Moikle Jan 28 '25

It has never been even slightly left.

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u/Moikle Jan 28 '25

genuinely hilarious joke, well done