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Not being American, this is the one thing I wish Trump/GOP/conservatives did in the US: bust the tech trusts. They're taking the courts, they can surely find state or federal attorneys to bring the cases, and the executive would provide them with cover and enforcement.

I'm surprised they haven't done it already. It would make sense for purely partisan reasons because tech companies are very liberal and extremely hostile to Trump's administration. But they could even reach across the aisle with megacorps like Amazon pretty clearly abusing their lower level employees which has been a cause on the left for decades.

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The Democrats have been the ones looking into tech companies for years (just do some searching and you'll find it's been going on for years). The only reasons Republicans would jump on this now is for political reasons.

To double down on this: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/wild-west-no-longer-h...

Any outcome would be tainted by the nakedly partisan motives. It would send a clear message to companies that they must bend to the administration's ideology.

Anyone who opposes the administration would be short-sighted to allow themselves to be used as puppets in this manner.

Speaking selfishly from the outside the short-term effects might not seem so bad, but the I wouldn't relish the long-term consequences.

Trump/GOP/conservatives aren't exactly pro-consumer. I would be surprised if they implemented regulations (e.g - GDPR like stuff) that would help the average person.

You're being downvoted but I agree with you even if it's slightly hypocritical coming from the Trump administration

It wouldn't be hypocritical for Trump since IIRC he bashed Amazon during the campaign. Probably a little more difficult for the Chamber of Commerce republicans.

He bashes Amazon because Bezos owns a newspaper he doesn't like.

Perhaps it's a proxy attack but he criticized Amazon's tax practices for putting smaller shops out of business and the supposed preferential treatment by the USPS.

Anyway, my point was that it doesn't matter. His administration could do good here for purely partisan reasons.

The USPS allegation was 100% untrue as reported by the postmaster general (who you think would be someone Trump would have consulted).

The tax stuff is really none of his damn business (because it is really a state tax code issue at this point, not a federal issue)

If Trump does anything to attack Apple, it will be because he things doing so will benefit the US economy (likely because someone else told him it would). Things like convincing Apple to make certain parts in the US, even if doing so would increase prices in the US (and dramatically do so elsewhere in the world).

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