John Oliver exposes how Google and Amazon stifle competition
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Years ago, John Oliver galvanized his Last Week Tonight viewers to join in the fight for net neutrality - instigating a flood of comments that broke down the Federal Communications Commission's website in 2014. Last night, he turned his attention to a pair of upcoming tech antitrust bills.
During his Sunday night show, Oliver explained the ways large tech companies rule the internet. From Apple and Google taking huge cuts from app store sales to Amazon's stranglehold on the online sellers' market, Oliver outlined how the power these companies hold could stifle innovation and how lawmakers could shake up the industry.
The problem with letting a few companies control whole sectors of our economy is that it limits what is possible by...