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It seems like there isn’t an industry left for the “Big Tech” giants (Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook) to swallow up.
In their drive to entrench their monopoly power (century-old antitrust law be damned!), Big Tech has encroached on almost every sector of the global economy. In great part thanks to their capitalizing off of users’ data, the four major companies have emerged as among the most powerful the world has ever seen.
But even as the giants have moved into everything from Hollywood to healthcare, there’s one big piece of the puzzle that remains up-for-grabs: The automobile industry. Unfortunately, it’s clear that Big Tech sees the auto industry, particularly the autonomous vehicle (AV) market, as a new, golden opportunity for consumer data collection.