Apple und Google haben den kalifornischen Gesetzentwurf niedergeschlagen, der kleineren Konkurrenten geholfen hat

”would cost them tens of billions annually”

so a minor ding in their fortunes

Big technology companies want hegemony over everything.

„Don’t be evil.“

I wish these reporters did a better job of outlining what the actual arguments, pros and cons, of the bill were, what the bill was actually imposing and what arguments the opposition used in effectively killing the bill. Boiling it down to just money poured into the system is such low hanging fruit and lazy reporting.