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The biggest mistake tech companies have done over the past 2 decades is not spending enough money lobbying. Every other industry manages to stay under the radar by continuing to pay both sides. Tech industry never got involved in politics so they were easy targets for politicians on minor issues.

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CharlesW|10 months ago

> The biggest mistake tech companies have done over the past 2 decades is not spending enough money lobbying.

What does "enough" look like?

https://www.datawrapper.de/_/Ldiwf/

csomar|10 months ago

I mean given that they are in tech, the biggest mistake was being located in a city or state. I can understand that they have to deal with the US government (any company anywhere in the world have to deal with it) but they don't have to deal with San Francisco/California. They choose that position and they don't deserve sympathy for being passive about it.