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Tech Monopolies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight · 10.9M views · 2022-06-13 · 26:50

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A Last Week Tonight segment on tech monopolies, their hidden harms and possible remedies such as antitrust reform. John Oliver covers lobbying and legislation along the way.

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Cited as a mainstream summary of antitrust arguments and tech-company behavior in related threads.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2022–2023

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NayamAmarshe · 2023-03 · Recommendation

> Leave us behind whom or what? Whom: The corporations with enough money to burn. What: Technological progress. Here's a nice video that showcases the same patterns in history and how having free and open tech + breaking monopolies helped move society forward - [VIDEO]

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fxtentacle · 2023-01 · Reference

John Oliver claims that the 2022 antitrust bills are being blocked by Schumer, whose daughters work as Lobbyists for Amazon. [VIDEO]

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ofer2 · 2022-10 · Reference

Lobbyists probably also tend to hire ex-politicians as a form of (perfectly legal) delayed bribery; and hire family members of politicians ( [VIDEO] ).

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