**Tuta** @Tutanota@mastodon.social · Sep 19, 2022, 16:42

**Tuta** @Tutanota@mastodon.social · Sep 19, 2022, 16:42

Have you ever wondered why Big Tech is so big? Well, it's the default.

By default, you are using Google when you start your phone.

Google pays billions of dollars each year to Apple, Samsung and other telecom giants to illegally maintain its spot as the No. 1 search engine.

**rastinza** @rastinza@qoto.org · Sep 20, 2022, 10:48

**rastinza** @rastinza@qoto.org · Sep 20, 2022, 10:48

rastinza @rastinza@qoto.org

@Tutanota
Not really; big tech is default because it's big.
It has become big before becoming default.

The reasons why big tech is big are different.
@djoerd

**rastinza** @rastinza@qoto.org · 2022-09-20T10:52:37Z

rastinza @rastinza@qoto.org

@Tutanota
Moreover, the article is paywalled and that makes accessing information which is fundamental to understand your post difficult.
@djoerd