[opendtv] Re: Silicon Valley the new Political Power in Washington
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 08:10:02 -0400
I'll try to keep this brief.
On Sep 7, 2017, at 7:47 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
So, what was discussed in this article is completely irrelevant to the
subject of net neutrality.
Absolutely FALSE. The article explains the shift from the old special interests
- who are currently subject to heavy handed FCC regulation - and the new
special interests, who are NOT. But more important, the article notes the
growth of the big Internet special interests, Google, Facebook and Amazon, into
the largest monopolies the world has every seen.
What was discussed in this article is that some companies, and Apple was
included in that handful of companies, have lobbyists who try to push their
interests. Hardly anything new. And that these companies tend to wield their
monopoly or quasi-monopoly status. Yawn. And I repeat, Apple was one of them.
I repeat this only because, given Craig's inability to make logical and
objective arguments, this fact will no doubt be hard to swallow. Apple is one
of the bad guys?
Yes Apple was included in the article as a major spender in the lobbying game.
They were not included in the discussion about Internet monopolies.
For some inexplicable reason, Craig cannot wrap his head around the fact that
rules which apply to infrastructure providers might just be different from
rules that apply to companies in other industries in the economy.
DUH.
You know, like regulations that apply to shipbuilders might just be different
from regulations that apply to auto manufacturers. And then, now Apple has
become one of those bad guys, with lobbyists. Are we going to see Craig
fabricating his usual conspiracy theories, twisting every fact to "show" how
Apple is always the bad guy? How humorous. Looking forward to it.
This is just bizarre crap. Obviously most regulations are specific to the
industries that are regulated. I'm not defending the fact that Apple spends a
lot of money on lobbyists, but they also have a lot to protect, not the least
of which is protecting the privacy of their customers. I'l also point out that
Apple is not new to the lobbying game; they had lobbyists in DC before the
other three companies even existed.
It is worth noting that Bert is not mentioning Microsoft, which was late to the
lobbying game, and the ONLY company in the article that has been prosecuted for
anti-trust issues in the U.S...
For now.
News flash to Craig: whether a company has lobbyists or not makes no huge
difference. Having lobbyists does not make you a bad guy, not having
lobbyists does not make you a good guy. You cartoon renditions of reality
make no sense.
DUH. As I said, companies must also protect themselves from government
overreach. As usual, Bert completely misses the point of the article and the
very real connection to the Net neutrality debate.
Regards
Craig
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