When called out on it, they then doubled down on this dogshit take: https://archive.ph/quYyb
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And you seem to have forgotten that Trump's Attorney General William Barr tried to force backdoors in encryption.
So shut the fuck up Andy, you're out of your element.
Is it true though? Not sure it's the case: Lina Khan was nominated by Biden.
Yes. AG William Barr sought to force backdoors in encryption in 2019. You can read all about it in the article I linked to.
I think they were asking about the actions against big tech starting under Trump. My memory ain't what it used to be (& it was never very good), but even if something was started under Trump there have been various actions taken against big tech going at least as far back as the Internet Explorer near-monopoly days - so it's not exactly like they did anything new, special, or unprecedented.
EDIT: Can some kind soul take pity on me and explain why I'm getting downvoted, instead of just a hit & run? What did I get wrong?
Oh, don't bother! Sometimes it feels like even asking for people to explain their downvotes invites more downvotes for some inexplicable reason.
donvotes dont mean you're wrong. they mean you made someone mad. sometimes this is because you said something they know is incorrect. but more often its because what you said may be true, and disagrees with their worldview or ideology.
Very true. Funny how OP's comment was just referring to a completely different argument. Instead of answering the question if the argument brought by the Proton guy could by chance be true, they again referred to their derailing...
Yes it's true. The Trump administration initiated the first major antitrust lawsuit against Google in 2020.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/20/justice-department-antitrust-case-google-430281
But it doesn't make up for the myriad of other shitty things he's done. Keeping Lina Kahn on would have been the absolute easiest way to assuage public concern, if he actually gave a fuck.
Or like, telling Musk and Zuck to get fucked.
What does ths forced backdoor have to do with the text you quoted?
Because Andy was saying something that people forget and OP is pointing out something Andy is forgetting? It is pointing out Andy's bias or ignorance to make Trump look good