It has been going on for decades but it really went full force during the Microsoft Explorer lawsuit.
Fake Message: “Explorer is preventing competition”
Real Message: “Support RATS and the lawsuits will stop”
Intel
Boeing
Apple
Google
Walmart
Toyota
All these companies have been targeted the same way and all have moved left in response.
The RATS want more $$$ out of Apple which is why it is still targeted on encryption.
Ding Ding Ding
I am a tech professor and IT consultant and in my opinion if Google, MS, Amazon and Apple were this high profile RIGHT LEANING during 0bama they would have had a severe hair cut.
I ask freepers to think back to when Bill and Bill went golfing on Martha’s Vineyard.
The TOON asked Gates for a contribution, and Gates responded with MS’es standard 50 K. Within a few weeks Dyke Reno filed the paperwork and sued MS for antitrust violations.
On the other hand when conservatives are in power, they tend to leave commercial entities alone so Google, MS, Amazon, FB, and Apple can continue their growth.
Agree or disagree?