Amazon spent almost $14M on lobbying in 2020, and employs over 100 lobbyists. It's the #1 tech lobbyist in DC. https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary...
Also: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-amazon-lobbying/
In short, I think it's fair to say Amazon has been very successful in securing government contracts, lobbying for advantageous policy, and willingness to cooperate on just about any privacy-busting government initiative.
I assume it's just because Amazon's e-retail share is under 50% most of the time, and their overall retail share is under 5%.
https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2019/12/amazons-mark...
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Amazon spent almost $14M on lobbying in 2020, and employs over 100 lobbyists. It's the #1 tech lobbyist in DC. https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary...
Also: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-amazon-lobbying/
In short, I think it's fair to say Amazon has been very successful in securing government contracts, lobbying for advantageous policy, and willingness to cooperate on just about any privacy-busting government initiative.