Opinion: Apple, Amazon and Google are all pretty bulletproof

Tackling companies with combined annual revenue of US$782bil (RM3.28tril), more than the gross domestic product of Switzerland, is a huge challenge. — AFP

Europe has the motivation, but not the means, to break up Big Tech. For the United States, the inverse is true. That’s bad news for anyone hoping for a full regulatory reckoning with Silicon Valley’s and Seattle’s giants over their monopolistic tendencies.

Washington lawmakers see their job as protecting the consumer first and foremost, while Brussels wants to make sure other companies are allowed to compete with the incumbents. Sadly for Europe, the Americans have all the power but their approach is unlikely to produce radical change (as my Opinion colleague Tara Lachapelle wrote this week).