big tech

1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Big Tech.

   The demise of “de minimis”, as the exemption is known, is the latest, symbolic reminder to digital darlings that frontiers exist—and that business models built on their absence are in need of a rethink.

   2025 September 4, “What the splinternet means for big tech: Unpleasant new trade-offs, for starters”, in The Economist

alternative big tech

1. derogatoryinformalsometimesuncountableThe largest, most dominant, and most prestigious companies in the information technology industry of the United States.

   “Big tech really wants to kill competition,” John Matze, Parler’s chief executive, said in a text message.

   2021 January 10, Jack Nicas, Davey Alba, “Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler, an App That Drew Trump Supporters”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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   The lawsuits, filed in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, underscore the growing bipartisan and international tsunami against Big Tech.

   2020 December 9, Cecilia Kang, Mike Isaac, “U.S. and States Say Facebook Illegally Crushed Competition”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   But the region is no longer alone in its efforts to limit the power of Big Tech. In the United States, regulators sued Facebook last week for illegally squashing competition, and Google was hit with an antitrust lawsuit in October.

   2020 December 15, Adam Satariano, “Big Fines and Strict Rules Unveiled Against ‘Big Tech’ in Europe”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Google is one of several Big Tech firms that has made an aggressive push into gaming in recent years, along with Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB).

   2021 February 1, Rishi Iyengar, “Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform”, in CNN Business