How to tame the Tech Titans ? dixit The Economist

Tel est le titre d'un article publié dans The Economist le 18 janvier dernier. Jamais je n'aurais imaginé la publication d'un tel titre qui pointe du doigt les abus de position dominante que représentent les GAFA, accusée d'être BAADD (cf l'article ci-dessous). Certaines ouvrent des ambassades ou demandent des représentations à l'ONU. Des scénarios très proche de Alien 2 où, revenant de mission, Ripley doit rendre compte directement auprès de sa compagnie, sans enquête externe, ni juge ou procureur. Bonne lecture.

NOT long ago, being the boss of a big Western tech firm was a dream job. As the billions rolled in, so did the plaudits: Google, Facebook, Amazon and others were making the world a better place. Today these companies are accused of being BAADD—big, anti-competitive, addictive and destructive to democracy. Regulators fine them, politicians grill them and one-time backers warn of their power to cause harm.

Much of this techlash is misguided. The presumption that big businesses must necessarily be wicked is plain wrong. Apple is to be admired as the world’s most valuable listed company for the simple reason that it makes things people want to buy, even while facing fierce competition. Many online services would be worse if their providers were smaller. Evidence for the link between smartphones and unhappiness is weak. Fake news is not only an online phenomenon ...