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Tech Titans Are the Robber Barons of Our Gilded Age

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Tech Titans Are the Robber Barons of Our Gilded Age

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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

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Apple’s battle with Epic is a reminder that today’s tech companies behave like 19th-century monopolists. Installing democratic control over these modern throwbacks to Gilded Age robber barons is the only way to curb their power.

Apple’s battle with Epic is a reminder that today’s tech companies behave like 19th-century monopolists. Installing democratic control over these modern throwbacks to Gilded Age robber barons is the only way to curb their power.

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Pretty much all successful companies are like that. Because that’s the system they want, and they’ve tricked the general populace into believe that’s a good thing.
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