“I wish conservatives would get with it and target Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and Apple this way. We could easily take them down a notch or two if we actually got serious about this and war gamed about it - and then did it”
I doubt that’s possible. Once these big internet firms achieve critical mass nothing can unseat them. They develop “network effect” and advertisers won’t abandon them. Nor will enough users quit. This is a real problem for potential rivals.
“Once these big internet firms achieve critical mass nothing can unseat them.”
That is not true. The keyword in what you say is “internet”. A huge mass boycott of the whole internet for a week or two with an explanation why will wake them up. A serious statement that we can indeed live without ALL of them.
I could live through that fine to make a serious point and reclaim power over self, could you?