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Tech Titans Are the Robber Barons of Our Gilded Age (jacobin.com)

submitted 8 months ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] Zorque@kbin.social 5 points 8 months ago

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.