Corporate Lobbying Influence

People on here, you bet there are companies that lobby for this...

Is there a reason you don't seem to be considering that companies lobby politicians to allow this?

Agree, but then Meta and others are lobbying (throwing money at those politicians), which buys concern from the lawmakers.

Let's be honest this was probably part of a lobbying effort by some big tech company. The wheels of government don't roll unless they're greased with gold.

Lobbying is a red herring. If it were really so powerful, companies would spend more money like it when lobbying for competing interests. Amazon spends in the order of millions on lobbying and in the order of billions on marketing.

Ah, but that's why companies employ political lobbying.

Maybe because hundreds of millions are spent to lobby for it:https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=H04&yea...

There are a lot of millionaires and billionaires in the business world discussed on HN. An organized lobbying effort could indeed be a contender against the forces motivating Mr. Smith. I read a story of a study in the last couple of years that calculated the lobbying cost of some big vote was in the very low 5-figures.

They have a lot of lobbying power.

"Seriously, Intuit spends $2.5 million per year on lobbying—there are dozens of things that raise more on crowdfunding each year, such as the “Opal Nugget Ice Maker.” "The difference is that these companies keep spending the money hooking up with the right people (lobbyists) that get them results. Sure the public, charitable companies, trusts, and so on could compete with them for politicians. They don't, though. So, the lobbyists getting politicians fame, fortune, and re-elect