How dangerous is Big Tech? | DW Analysis

In March 2021, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, four of Europe's most powerful women sent a letter to Brussels. It included a dire warning. The pandemic had shown how much the EU depends on foreign technology, they wrote - and this needs to change.
Their language was diplomatic - but the underlying message was clear: It’s time to rein in Big Tech.
Governments around the globe have set their eyes on the world’s largest tech companies.
We might not always notice it - but technology is all around us. We use it to communicate, to get information, to organize our lives. And almost all that technology is made by private companies.
This has given rise to an industry known as Big Tech. And within this industry, four companies have become especially powerful: Alphabet - which owns Google - Amazon, Facebook and Apple.
In fact, they’re so big now they’re known as the “Big Four,” or by their acronym "GAFA."
Those "Big Four" actually run fairly different businesses. But what they have in common is that they provide digital services - and they have become so ingrained in our lives that it’s almost impossible to avoid them.
But how did Big Tech come under so much fire?
And how did it get so "Big" in the first place?
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[@Harlock2day]

KZbin has no competition. And whist I am a big fan of KZbin a serious rival would only benefit consumers and even improve it.

[@mrseskasi]

KZbin shadow bans, demonetises, deletes video of people who show info which is true but goes against the lefturds, librandud, chyna...I have had my own comments get deleted on youtube wrt to cheena...yeah youtube ...soooo neutral good joke...we need atleast one good alternative to u tube...

[@surf2257]

​@@mrseskasi Hope your comment wont get deleted :))

[@lucar6897]

I think a serious competitor would probably help KZbin, but you have to be careful saying that competition is always good for consumers. Competition in the movie streaming world (eg. Netflix) for example make users who want to watch all the big budget movies have to subscribe to loads of different services as the movies aren’t concentrated under a single subscription

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

@C. L. Google censors me What kind of opposing views and voices?

[@mattleistner313]

And Google bought KZbin... Thats the main reason why changes will be needed!

[@bende2479]

What about Microsoft? Majority of PCs use windows. That’s the ultimate monopoly

[@CirTap]

Maybe on PC, but PC usage in offices or with some gamers is a different usage model than running a social media platform and online shopping mall, very different market segment with much less power over people's (online) behaviour and access to (online) information. Also mobile devices and tablets take over by numbers and M$ never dominated the mobile market, never have (that's Apple and Google depending which continent you're on) nor do they run a noteworthy search engine and basically zero digital shopping outlets .. apart from their pointless app store. Azure is also not a massive competition to Google's or Amazon's data services. Laptop computers share Windoze with iOS and the many flavours of Linux like Ubuntu. And imho is it technically much easier to move away from Windows to a truly competitive alternative OS with all them apps than to find *equivalent competing* services to Google, Amazon and Facebook. Depending on what you do and how you earn a living, there is no way around them.

[@evilapple3427]

It is not a monopoly if you give it out for free...which is probably what is driving Microsoft to be changing with Win 10 from a pay model to a free version.

[@kukulroukul4698]

@@evilapple3427 :))))))))))))) THATS so funny ! americans as far as my knowledge goes...NEVER WROTE a SINGLE line of code for FREE ! NEVER ! Steam in the 2015 was charging users for MODS of Rimworld !!! . U cant be serious !

[@vitaminc2161]

and office products, github, azure, c#, xbox etc

[@starboysuniverse9956]

@@kukulroukul4698 dude you can get Microsft for free without paying it just like how you pay for movies but yet corrupt websites give those movies free

[@pelatihfinansial]

Few understand that Microsoft is actually the most powerful of all. Unlike other big tech, Microsoft can easily avoid government scrutiny, their level of lobbying puts other 4 big tech to shame.

[@zatoichibeat]

I’m just amazed that you don’t mention Microsoft! At all lol

[@kukulroukul4698]

me too ! :(

[@kukulroukul4698]

this behaviour TELL US SOMETHING

[@DVfromtheeast]

i was about to mention the same

[@abdukalikov]

Ype. Companies like Microsoft that have also gathered information on so many people for some reason don't fall into their category. Also the fact that governments themselves use these practices and have used these practices for far longer than these big companies shows that governments don't want people to do it while they can. I mean did we forget about Snowden. Im sure some people know what i mean. :)

[@emiliaqueen3210]

I had issues and was recommended to @albertlus4 on Instagram. He’s the best and the most famous among all other hackers on KZbin. If you need his services you can find him on Instagram.....

[@beautifulfootball1068]

They will just pay those guys in suits sitting at Capitol Hill through their lobbies and they will grant a hearing to make us feel they are doing something. Same playbook over and over. I'm just amazed on how the media breaks the same story and call it news.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

It's all connected. That's why I think the most important thing most of us can do is reach out to the 116 million Americans who didn't vote.

[@tjmarx]

You understand that you're commenting on a video from Germany, and that every country has an independent government capable of setting it's own domestic rules... Perhaps you're right that in the USA nothing will change. But the rest of the world, we're already changing things and that's what this video is about. If these tech giants have to play by more constrained rules everywhere else, that's likely to benefit you in the USA.

[@beautifulfootball1068]

@@tjmarx The one thing you don't understand is the US does not like when it's buz entities are been pushed around, through their strong lobbies they can get US government to pressure any countries trying to tighten the screw on them. The US government has done repeatedly especially in Europe where their influence runs so deep. Big tech will only accept what it's want not what we want. That's just how capitalism and monopoly works.

[@Wokenstein]

@@beautifulfootball1068 so much pressure they're building a gas pipeline from Germany to Russia despite sanctions from the US (which mind you were crafted to only target Russian beneficiaries)

[@nifrain9494]

@@beautifulfootball1068 that is a very depressive view on capitalism. I think there is still hope that big tech will listen to government worries. Because with more and more pressure lobbying reaches it´s limits.

[@leontedev]

mass media: GAFA Microsoft: :(

[@CirTap]

Yep, they used to be dominant in the tech world 25 yrs ago but they focused too much on their proprietary technology, now that ship has sailed 'cos they didn't take the open Internet serious for too long.

[@nc3826]

Like or not, "proprietary technology" (ie ecosystem) is how Apple (and every GAFA) market leader got so rich....

[@emiliaqueen3210]

I had issues and was recommended to @albertlus4 on Instagram. He’s the best and the most famous among all other hackers on KZbin. If you need his services you can find him on Instagram....

[@fringetravelideas]

@@CirTap Lol, Microsoft is the second biggest tech company in the world, after Apple.

[@vivekvishal5151]

@CirTap not only microsoft is currently 2nd biggest company after apple, but I believe they will be the biggest in coming future with the growth they are having in their cloud business and other enterprise services.

[@keybraker]

Why did Microsoft get a pass when it's second to Apple in market cap, has its feet in every bin including azure cloud services?

[@vivekvishal5151]

Even though microsoft is largely an enterprise company now, I am still amazed at how it's being ignored in these anti trust and tech dominance matters. It has big clout in almost every technological space be it enterprise software, consumer software, hardware, cloud, AI and the list goes on.

[@Mic-Mak]

In France, people have extended the acronym *GAFA* (Google Apple Facebook Amazon) to *GAFAM* to include Microsoft. You're absolutely right, they can't be ignored. MS is definitely into surveillance capitalism too, they're just not as good at it as the other companies.

[@fabricio4794]

GAFAM is Evil...thats why i dont use Windows...that Os will Vanish

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

So few people should *never ever* be allowed so much power over the world that is *OURS,* not theirs alone!

[@ToneyCrimson]

Could not agree more!

[@guardianoffire8814]

These companies mainly have control in the West and some parts of Asia and Latin America. Competition in say other parts of the world is fierce like on the African continent where Chinese tech companies dominate and in other places the products these American tech giants offer are banned or limited by local govt intervention.

[@jia712]

Get off KZbin then 😂. Your usage of the platform only gives google more money

[@nc3826]

Euroland should use Chinese tech options instead... and then stop bitching and whining for not being able to compete...

[@basiccoder2166]

It's a definition of socialism

[@justbe1451]

We should also do this to the companies who monopolies food, gas, pharmaceutical...

[@samratyuvi]

And seeds...

[@chaitanyabhole]

Beside Google, Facebook , Apple, Amazon, there are Microsoft, Twitter, Alibaba ......and many more.

[@cybourne5910]

Alibaba had been handled by CCP, but the media made it an act of dictatorship or evil

[@zil1832]

Facebook or KZbin should have an option of geo-lock contents. Such that on a contentious issue, only real people, citizen of EU, would be able to discuss/comment/argue about a topic on social media concerning EU nations and not have to worry about some paid troll pretending to be German or French, is influencing the conversation.* Similar actions should be taken on other regions/countries.

[@cybourne5910]

@@zil1832 I can understand, it is annoying to see DW reporting about Myanmar, Thailand, India, China all day everyday with all the so called experts who know nothing about Asia

[@zil1832]

@@cybourne5910 no you misunderstood my point. DW is free to do story on China as CGTN is free to do the story on Germany. My point is that on certain topic the comments should restricted such that the relevant nationals can discuss about it. Its not about reports, its about the valuable discussions.

[@cybourne5910]

@@zil1832 CGTN is not free to do stories in the UK. I know what you mean, just that we have different views about who and what is relevant

[@vitaminc2161]

Meanwhile Microsoft: Yes people. We are the good guy now.

[@basiccoder2166]

Microsoft is the most evil corporation

[@vvraj2617]

First western media that's we Indian like and yours DW Hindi is also lit 😘 Keep it up and plz don't overturns by time 😁

[@akashdobhal3054]

@Airbus A380-800 No, they do. I like DW because i think this is the only neutral channel which does not carry any narrative

[@abhiraj.sharma]

@Airbus A380-800 WION is owned by Zee cooperation, which is a sold-out itself. DW's clever with politics, in Germany and the US it's mostly left but in India, it's center-right.

[@liladevi3169]

@Airbus A380-800 what is wion

[@basiccoder2166]

This channel is owned by chrony capitalist it won't shut down

[@zacharydavis4398]

Thank you for spending the time to create and share this content

[@jutlander2278]

I miss the 90's..

[@abdukalikov]

It would help in some cases but also in others would make these big companies either more expensive or not free. For example is you break google up into smaller companies. You might have to pay to use youtube and google. You might have to start paying to use facebook too if they break it up. Amazon might become more expensive to use if they break it up. While there are good points in breaking them up to create a more competitive market and making those companies more responsible in their practices. The problem is that it will actually have really bad side effects first. It is a difficult question that is for sure.

[@PyroMancer2k]

The thing that no one really talks about is Rockafeller made a ton of money when they broke up his Monopoly. The stock price went through the roof after the break up. And as for Competition it didn't really do much because you just had smaller local monopolies as each company was simply given it's own region in the breakup and they didn't compete with each other because they were all local. It's a lot like Internet service in most places there is only one provider, two if your lucky, and in those regions where the provider isn't very good there is no real alternatives. Big tech has become more like a utility as so much relies on having internet access these days.

[@tjmarx]

You mentioned Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple but you failed to mention Twitter, Microsoft, IBM, CloudFlare, reddit and Oracle. Visa and MasterCard probably should be included in there as well. This really isn't a difficult problem to solve. For some reason we just seem to be reluctant to solve it. It's the job of criminal justice systems and governments to enforce laws and make laws that are enforceable. It is not the job of private companies to act as law enforcement or government. Platforms like Twitter, Zoom, Teams, Meet, Facebook feed/groups/chat/comment/WhatsApp/etc, webmail, etc are all communications platforms. They are the digital age version of the telephone. Telephone companies tried to play the same games when telephones first came into existence but we got them under control. We need to treat these platforms as the communications utilities they are. They should have no say over what is and isn't allowed to be communicated on their platform, they are a utility. Policing of content should be left entirely for law enforcement in the appropriate jurisdiction, not a bunch of undertrained casuals on minimum wage. Classification as the communications utilities they are also solves the privacy problem. In the same way your phone company can't listen in on your call without a lawful request from law enforcement equipped with a warrant, so too should these platforms be unable to "listen" in on any communication you have on their platform where you reasonably believe it isn't public. They are then only allowed to benefit from things you choose to make public. Platforms like KZbin, Facebook Watch/Instagram TV, Netflix, Disney+, etc they're the television of the the digital age. In the case of KZbin and Facebook Watch/Instagram TV, they're better compared to a cable TV provider. The same rules should apply. Platforms like AmazonAWS, Microsoft Azure, CloudFlare, IBM and Oracle provide background utility infrastructure for the internet. They should be classified as utilities and impartial about what they host. It's the job of law enforcement to enforce laws. Operating systems that spy on you are a bit more complex to fix. A legislated "don't track me" option at first boot that requests payment for the operating system if enabled seems fair. It's then up to individuals to decide whether they want to pay for the OS upfront or through data collection.

[@Jasonadventures]

True 👌👏

[@jnfunvufb]

I agree with you, but the telephone companies originate from public companies? It is called broadcast companies, so it’s mush easier to let them complied with any laws or regulations. But making these private companies to do the same could be a little bit tricky, I assume.

[@tjmarx]

@@jnfunvufb Telephone companies originated and continue to operate as private companies. The thing about a private company is, it doesn't matter if they like the laws or not, because they're not in charge. And we'd like to keep it that way

[@infinitequest0424]

No justice no peace

[@rsmith4339]

Overall excellent segment . The only problem i would point out is in your musings on liability . You point out that governments are looking into Techs liability for what is on their platform . Surely , the danger of allowing government to decide what can be shared warrants mentioning .

[@jeffgilleese6332]

How is Microsoft not included? Shouldn't it be at least the Big 5??? Or did Microsoft pay you to not include them?

[@DanielK1213th]

I think nobody really cares about Microsoft anymore

[@edwardbrown3721]

Microsoft has lost lots of ground, their products didn't really benefit from the pandemic or anything else and their attempts to go into more profitable markets have been squashed by GAFA

[@user-cz8su5jo2n]

@@edwardbrown3721 bruhhh not to be annoying but microsoft is the 2ND BIGGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD BEHIND APPLE

[@DanielK1213th]

@@edwardbrown3721 hmm really? Most computers use Microsoft Windows as their main OS. due to pandemic, a lot of people started to work from home on their PC which runs Windows. you can say Mac is popular too but the vast majority of the PC market is run by Windows. I mean, I get that nobody's paying attention to Microsoft nowadays, but that doesn't mean they are not using Microsoft product.

[@morgantracy1053]

BigTech are essentially monopolies. Governments are supposed to split them up if they get too big.

[@starboysuniverse9956]

which government? only one country actually has right to all 4 companies its either Europeans banned the companies or they suspend them, they cant split them UP only US cant do that

[@cybourne5910]

What CCP is doing in China, but it is too evil for the US administration to do it to it's sponsors

[@harmless6813]

In what exactly does Apple hold a (near) monopoly? Google = Search, Facebook = Social Media, Amazon = Online Stores. Apple = ???

[@morgantracy1053]

@@harmless6813 Online digital platform for each sector.

[@harmless6813]

@@morgantracy1053 What?

[@netiturtle]

Paying taxes where profit is made should be not debatable. Any other type of company, when they open a filiate abroad, pay taxes in that country.

[@muhammadusmonyusupov2556]

Imagine SpaceX getting very very successful in becoming huge company. And then some politicians comes up and says SpaceX is getting very large we need to break it down.

[@uwe8788]

imagine beeing homeless, hungry and sleeping on the street in front of spaceX building

[@muhammadusmonyusupov2556]

@@uwe8788 just work. do not be lazy. that is it

[@joancayn]

Thanks DW for always sharing solid content.

[@Feefa99]

I am not religious, but they look like Four Horseman

[@CirTap]

The 4 horsemen of the digital apocalypse.

[@nc3826]

"Houseman" flmao

[@AHD2105]

The 4 horsemen....lol....what fairytale is that...they have that on Russian folklore.

[@Feefa99]

@Airbus A380-800 fixed 👍

[@Feefa99]

@@AHD2105 older folklore, in Bible

[@dw9944]

I love how they just skipped over Microsoft 👀👀👀. Breaking up Google is something, I can't imagine.

[@diodonovan6379]

If we could buy, rather than rent software, we'd be entitled to more privacy.

[@briansmith9439]

The financial condition of Rockefeller was greatly improved by the break up of Standard Oil - breaking the company up did not mean a change of ownership; it meant he got a percentage of ownership in each of the 37 companies that were formed that was equal to the percentage he owned in Standard Oil. His wealth increased by almost 50%. People don't understand all of the ramifications of what it means to break up a company; one thing it definitely does not mean is a loss of profit to the owners. It was Standard Oil that lowered the cost of fuel & oil to virtually everyone because they had a monopoly and they could do it. I forget the unit of oil but in the 1880s it was $8.00 per unit; after Standard Oil grew so huge the cost was $3.00 per unit which was a huge benefit to the population at large. Even after the break up, the cost still remained lower than the $8.00 per unit it had been 30 years earlier but it did go up. If these big companies are broken up, you will be paying for these "free" services like never before. I don't like monopolies but once they exist, tampering with them could end up costing the average person a lot of money.

[@makeracistsafraidagain7608]

Am just wishing for the day that there’ll be a new Phone where by someone can buy it without any Operating System or Apps so that you can choose the type of Operating System and Apps that you want to used on the phone without big tech forcing you to use their apps by force, but you can use them by choice and not by force.

[@makeracistsafraidagain7608]

@@HailAzathoth no what if I want to have only two apps on my whole phone, the phone will not work and it’ll stop working without others apps on it.

[@christineknight7299]

Just imagine the Scams that are just Waiting to happen.......

[@muskduh]

Thanks for the video

[@comrade_gus9060]

i think we need more good leaders like gemany, denmark, finland and estonia.

[@insearchof9090]

This is spot on video. This is the way to go. Split these big tech. The sooner it is done, the better it is.

[@manawari_corner989]

yes, facebook is not clean anymore. i have seen lots of spams and sex-related stuffs in it where i have tried to report but responsed by the facebook as non violating. which means they do not have staff that can understand my language and dialects where my country is one if those with many languages and dialects.

[@KenArkane]

Shoshana Zuboff's 'The Age of Surveillance Capitalism' can answer this question better than a short video on youtube.

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

Land lords should quit their "jobs" Property hoarding isn't a job Rent is extortion Homelessness is violence No one gets a second house until everyone has one

[@enigma194]

If only!!! Greed is the biggest problem of humanity

[@DeepakKumar-gf2ip]

Not doable

[@koach7779]

Should have called them the elite four, missed opportunity there.

[@FirstNameLastName-okayyoutube]

Taking down hateful content isn't enough. Encouraging a broader discussion of a specific topic rather than sensory what is viewed to be the bad part is what we need.

[@FirstName-bf9ds]

The current fines enforcing liability are chickenfeed to them. Its more economical for them to break the law and pay the fines.

[@FirstNameLastName-okayyoutube]

Restrictions on Free Speech led to the Capitol storming. Open discussion that wasn't one-sided would have calmed a lot of those frustrations. Big Tech made that happen. Impaktech wants you to think that they need to have more control in order to help people

[@ionutbalta6607]

It was because Big tech let those nut jobs think that the election was stolen actualy

[@lffit]

Trump for one wasn't muted then it happened after?

[@salonenelson1091]

Are you daft? The pigs who stormed the Capitol are criminals and thugs and should be treated as such. Nothing to do with free speech 🤡🤡🤡

[@kevindarroch7332]

Who is Google's cloud partner, DT? Maybe DW should be asking more of the right questions?

[@lorenazuleta1636]

I did not know about the existence of the acronym "GAFA" to refer to the 4 largest private technology companies out there: Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple. From the information provided by the video, it seems important to highlight several points: 1) with the closures due to the pandemic, many businesses had to migrate to digital media and there they found these four large companies that have reported enormous growth during this time. 2) The manipulation through the ads on these platforms is an aspect that has a lot of fabric to cut and is also delicate. 3) On the other hand, it was not strange to me when they mentioned that companies did not pay taxes proportionally to their profits. 4) It is interesting when it is mentioned that Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are currently the equivalent of what John D. Rockefeller was 110 years ago, who had an empire that controlled 90% of the oil in the US although accused of unfair practices, as we have also heard from the big techs. In my opinion, by accepting the security policies that they impose we are susceptible, but it is also in us the way in which we use the technology that we have available.

[@MrFlexNC]

Everyone has the power to broadcast their voice, I would say that's the biggest issue (and yes I see the irony)

[@NJ-xp4eb]

What and when is the EU doing something to regulate AI technology or are we simply closing our eyes again until it is too late? By the way just got an add suggestion for the printer ink I use...

[@babinbabababafredyprakash2836]

Really informative...

[@mathewomolo]

No question. People are just coping with big tech addiction

[@Mazequax]

His eyes though 🥺

[@embun1945]

Why you didn't mention Microsoft? I will share it to FB.

[@achristian1643]

Look at Alibaba in China, same activities need to be done to these giants too.

[@M_Jono]

could be done only if your government are stronger than giant companies

[@rthu2233]

@@M_Jono true that why China control almost everything in their country

[@phantom66games45]

You mean you want credit system huh!

[@mjmobile]

Do you remember the time when almost all major mobile phone industry players came from Europe?

[@gurindersingh8109]

What if a big tech firm send a malware to your phone causing the battery to heat up & explode? I am very worried, do you?

[@alexgray1905]

Every service or product which becomes a monopoly risks becoming a utility as soon as society deems their products or services vital to its success. As a utility, they will be either regulated, so that it can't gouge the public for the benefit of the few or, nationalized so that everyone will benefit from their monopoly market position.

[@mauraquish1005]

Pay your taxes Tech companies!!!!! Otherwise you are responsible for dangerous levels of imbalance of wealth distribution....And create competition....

[@vernaolympiad]

I miss old youtube. I hope youtube has competition

[@xyzhou6207]

The fact that Facebook can bring Australia’s kneel down, proves that this is already Cyberpunk 2021

[@basiccoder2166]

That's why Chinese government never allow this corporation to enter their country

[@a101reasons3]

Microsoft in the background: Hehehe.

[@GreatRetro]

About Time!

[@Stryker508]

when people forget the Microsoft antitrust case in 2001

[@jessicarobinson4563]

You are the product not the customer

[@suehowie152]

Exactly...

[@kocerarif]

I do not think we should be worried about bug tech monopoly. When needs change preferences will change as well, for example in the near future Facebook will be replaced by Telegram and it will have to give up some of the power to Telegram. Technology seems to produce its own alternatives even when monopolies are formed. I'm optimistic.

[@Obi_boy]

Free Tibet, Free Hong Kong , Free Inner Mongolia, Free Xinjiang , free Myanmar and protect Taiwan

[@CoolClipsAnimations]

I like how people are mad but they still use there products

[@scientious]

Apple's position is actually quite brittle. They could go from being worth $1 trillion to bankrupt in a year since they own almost nothing in the way of assets. The second most vulnerable is Facebook. They could end up like Novell which was once a dominant player but was bought in 2010 for $2.2 billion. Google has more diversification but they are in a similar position to AT&T in the early 80s which ended up getting purchased by SBC for $16 billion. Of the four, Amazon has the strongest position. However, a few key changes would cut Amazon's market share to maybe 25% of what it is now.

[@dryaplesbrokentelevision656]

Yes, it's about time this became relevant

[@sealion1214]

Are you afraid of technology? T E C H N O L O G Y

[@lelamoore7178]

good questions to ask.

[@chrisinhim]

Why Microsoft is not party of BigTech?

[@md.shahazahan214]

At last EU are really understood the big four but too late. If limited the GAFA USA sanctions on EU. 😥😭

[@ni6toli4no]

well done, unless when you try to make a misguided news and messing with common people...especially from the small areas of the world, where anyway there aren’t so many media coverage ;) but this material is well reported, is relevant, and objective and real - keep doing THAT kind of stuff. Stop messing around with big and false headlines 👍🏻🕊

[@ZipSlipHollingbrook]

Whenever I hear that accent I either Werner Herzog or....you know....the other thing....

[@kimchan382]

What about big MSM like DW? They are also to big and we also have nearly no alternatives.

[@shivanipal4379]

For a good life stay away from this toxic media's

[@muhammadsubtain8915]

Thanks for rohingya

[@llamingo]

Where is Oracle?

[@-m4nGo-]

Imagine that the concept of money is changing the evolution of our brains, making us more and more addicted to it, in the end it will even give us withdrawal symptoms reminding of heroin and sugar abstinence.

[@harmless6813]

... I'm 'addicted' to money because I have to buy food and pay taxes.

[@uusrano]

The truth is that Europe doesn't have an investment culture that could give birth to giants like this.

[@kukulroukul4698]

nah ! its not that...dutch have that culture but they sell us ..flower bulbs and M*F*A instead

[@dadikkedude]

@@kukulroukul4698 investment is a Dutch invention. So are insurances for that matter.

[@dustinchapman6304]

Europe can create giants like this. Since when do we talk bad about our friends in the EU. Why don’t we join forces with the EU and set the future standards.

[@GreatRetro]

If KZbin and Instagram would become an independent entities, that would be awesome!

[@janenicolas352]

stock are good but I swapped and invested in forex and crypto I have been earning from it

[@charlottemanthey6317]

Oh you gotta to see the favourable rise in profit trading forex

[@bitboycrypto1934]

This will be the best time to invest in forex based on current status

[@danieljoe6359]

I have been making a lot through forex trading which has been the main source of income

[@fredbrown3257]

I have been thinking of moving into forex can you help me trade ?

[@scottmicheal339]

Actually an expert broker handles my forex investments while I invest in some real estate with the profit I make

[@itchyscratchie5399]

A couple of recommendations. 1... All big tech platforms sets out a set of rules and guidelines. 2... all subscribers to such platforms must register with verified identification. 3.... all big tech must be held accountable for news and false news spread on their platforms.

[@trytyr]

One electromagnetic pulse (EMP) at the right lat/long and elevation and all this goes away. If the actions of Big Tech contribute to a grid failure or EMP event, whether by inciting a domestic disturbance or inviting foreign intervention, there will be no irony lost on the fact that if the grid goes down, so does Big tech.

[@SSS-sz8mg]

In my opinion Microsoft have manopoly on IT for example in windows settings is nearly impossible to switch off privacy settings.

[@harshdhillon6263]

DW have any kind of relations with microsoft?

[@manuelfelipe3440]

They have become owners a socials spaces that should be owned by all of us. The technology that they used was developed by governments, with tax money. That needs to be changed, we should all be payed for the time we spent in the apps, making them the data that they use to make money.

[@nishantb80]

The best thing would be to have standard global tax rate for any company having X amount of turnover and/or profit!! There should be tax brackets like individual taxpayers!! In the end, we can't forget the good things as a result of boom in tech. Monitoring is as important as any other legal rule.

[@pratikmirgane333]

Why so less views for this video KZbin? Restricting the reach of this video, are you?

[@lordlee6473]

Facebook isn’t in the same league as the other three. FB is very low tech

[@Biikashkumar]

I am surprised that they did not talk about 🪟

[@shahreya555r7]

Europe is 90% Dependent on USA or China.... this should be changed there should be similar company in europe to europe doesn't need to dependent on them.

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

I recently switched to DuckDuckGo browser from Chrome and to Protonmail from Gmail. After watching this I think maybe I'm not overreacting after all.

[@starboysuniverse9956]

well thats you me annd almost 5billion users will used big tech an d i have no problem with them i feel like other country are jealous the tech inst from their country, hey i ahve a soulution how about you banned the tech from your country like china did

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

@@starboysuniverse9956 Whaaaaat

[@rakeshswami11]

Tech companies know about us more than us.

[@peace7482]

Everyone can find something hateful or offensive everywhere on the internet.

[@peterhardie4151]

As Yanis Yarofakis has said, we are in an age of tech fuedalism.

[@DerekFolan]

Other Things bother me related to stalking outside of Facebook. No option to hide your follow list or like lists from the public so the choice is to be public or be unnoticed online No option for a private comment on a post. The option should be law, it's like I'm forced to share my phone book with everyone online. I suspect ghosting issues maybe too with odd legal corporate collabs, even on dating apps I suspect corporate departments are looking to stalk their employees and even block them communicating with people. Who has access to private messages, low level army, private security, or police, or even worse Are neighbourhood's watch vigilante groups following neighbour's with spy software, stalking of public follow lists and public messages is something easily improved so it bothers me that private options are not there outside of Facebook to protect me from people trolling my followers lists on other apps like Instagram and tiktok.

[@kepler4382]

Why is no one talking about Microsoft?

[@kukulroukul4698]

cause they ARENT fighting monopolies as a concept ! they cherry pick what bothers them

[@UL1999]

They suck every year more and more because of their monopolies.

[@jay-cg9646]

Claiming my salary is a. right. But, example altantuya asked for more and she ended up ......maybe same would had happen to Me and I couldn't help other.

[@hes_alive]

They’re a wonderful tool, but so insanely powerful in the modern world that they have the power to make or break governments is frightening. They need to be bought out at a fair price (I can only imagine that price will be in the trillions) and turned into a public utility controlled by an independent government agency like the federal reserve is run.

[@zil1832]

8Facebook or KZbin should have an option of geo-lock contents. Such that on a contentious issue, only real people, citizen of EU, would be able to discuss/comment/argue about a topic on social media concerning EU nations and not have to worry about some paid troll pretending to be German or French, is influencing the conversation.* Similar actions should be taken on other regions/countries.

[@Kennylotr]

Depending on how much they have been benefiting from the people of every country, they should pay taxes to those countries.