<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Well, “Big Oil” is full of “Big Tech!”😈<div><br></div><div>FRACKING</div><div>How about the MACONDO platform responsible gir the huge oil spill from the ocean floor in 2010 or was it 2019?</div><div><br></div><div>But yeah now the meaning of “BIG TECH” has been hijacked by “Information Technology” but it’s really MARKETING the new king, not it’s enabler, which is “big tech.”</div><div><br></div><div>The huge valuation of “big tech” has more to do with a new “golden age” of marketing than with other things, which of course are at play especially with the monster of Amazon which now has it all: Prime Air, etc etc doesn’t need no farking anybody else full demand and supply Chain vertical monolithic integration. And the guy owns The Washington Post to boot. That’s why I read The Guardián, watch unicorn RIOT Via periscope, and get latest news from my Social network not newspapers or corporate news media <br><br><div dir="ltr">Regards / Saludos / Grato<div><br></div><div>Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes</div><div>Pronouns: He/Him/They/Them (equal preference)</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 27, 2020, at 12:25 PM, Yosem Companys <ycompanys@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><table style="margin:0" width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="left"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-1832732806839859413EMAIL_CONTAINER" width="100%" align="left"><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr style="width:100%"><td style="padding:15px 0 5px;border-bottom:1px solid #dcdcdc;text-align:center;width:100%"><br></td></tr><tr style="width:100%"><td class="m_-1832732806839859413css-e902px" style="border-bottom:1px solid #cecece;padding:25px 0 20px;width:100%;text-align:center" width="100%" align="center"><div class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1nu1ipb" style="margin-bottom:15px"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/6jkiRP4FO43yLyWPXy9OMw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TMaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vc2VjdGlvbi90ZWNobm9sb2d5P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIwMDgyNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTY2NiZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05MjEwNTIwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzcwNDMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTE3MzViNjM1ZjZjZDNiZDVhZTI5YTNiYjQwMGE2ZWE4VwNueXRCCgA_9dtHX7OXsqJSE3ljb21wYW55c0BnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" alt="Technology" target="_blank"><img src="https://static.nytimes.com/email-images/New_Headers/NYT-Headers-C-OnTech-Tagline%402x.png" alt="Technology" style="width:300px" width="300" data-unique-identifier=""></a></div><p style="width:100%;margin-bottom:0;font:12px/12px georgia,serif;letter-spacing:.5px">August 27, 2020</p></td></tr><tr style="height:20px"></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><h2 class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1nocmvr" style="color:#000;font:400 27.5px/37.5px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">Big Oil faded. Will Big Tech?</h2></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px"><table style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:0;text-align:left"><table style="border-spacing:0;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#333;padding:0;background:#fff" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:1" width="100%"><img src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/08/27/business/27ontech/27ontech-articleLarge.jpg" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1pzpqwd" style="display:block;width:100%;height:auto;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:0" data-unique-identifier=""></td></tr><tr><td class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1am1dwg" style="text-align:right;width:100%;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:10px;line-height:14px" width="100%" align="right"><span><span class="m_-1832732806839859413css-17d0bbs" style="margin:0;font:normal 14px georgia,serif;color:#666"></span><span class="m_-1832732806839859413css-3b3rs0" style="margin:0;font:normal 11px georgia,serif;padding-left:0;color:#888;letter-spacing:.01em">Lydia Ortiz</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px"><table style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:0;text-align:left"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 9px 15px 0;vertical-align:middle" valign="middle"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/-6UWlQPC1Q9U1xzO4B8zDw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TIaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjAwODI3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxNjY2Jm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTkyMTA1MjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNzA0MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9MTczNWI2MzVmNmNkM2JkNWFlMjlhM2JiNDAwYTZlYThXA255dEIKAD_120dfs5eyolITeWNvbXBhbnlzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" target="_blank"><img src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/03/18/reader-center/author-shira-ovide/author-shira-ovide-blogSmallThumb-v3.png" alt="Author Headshot" style="width:45px;height:45px;border-radius:100%" width="45" height="45" data-unique-identifier=""></a></td><td style="padding:0 0 15px 0;vertical-align:middle" valign="middle"><p style="font:13px/18px arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:.2px;color:#000;margin-bottom:3px;font:600 13px/18px arial,sans-serif">By <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/-6UWlQPC1Q9U1xzO4B8zDw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TIaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjAwODI3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxNjY2Jm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTkyMTA1MjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNzA0MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9MTczNWI2MzVmNmNkM2JkNWFlMjlhM2JiNDAwYTZlYThXA255dEIKAD_120dfs5eyolITeWNvbXBhbnlzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-14hp9bh" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc" target="_blank">Shira Ovide</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">Less than a decade ago, Exxon Mobil was the most valuable company in the world. On Monday, it’s <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/I4bw1yVXh3jrFf23oMrwWg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P4QJAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNic25ld3MuY29tL25ld3MvZG93LWpvbmVzLWV4eG9uLW1vYmlsLXBmaXplci1yYXl0aGVvbi1yZXBsYWNlZC1zYWxlc2ZvcmNlLWFtZ2VuLWhvbmV5d2VsbC8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjAwODI3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxNjY2Jm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTkyMTA1MjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNzA0MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9MTczNWI2MzVmNmNkM2JkNWFlMjlhM2JiNDAwYTZlYThXA255dEIKAD_120dfs5eyolITeWNvbXBhbnlzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">being kicked out of the Dow Jones industrial average</a> after nearly a century of inclusion in the stock index.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">I’m mentioning an energy company in a technology newsletter for two reasons: First, as wild as it feels to have a handful of American technology superpowers rule the economy and <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/NKCMvCLISAVAS7eKRpzt0Q~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8xOS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2JpZy10ZWNoLWJ1c2luZXNzLWRvbWluYXRpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xNTgmZW1jPWVkaXRfb3RfMjAyMDA4MjcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjE2NjYmbmw9b24tdGVjaC13aXRoLXNoaXJhLW92aWRlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9OTIxMDUyMCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM3MDQzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD0xNzM1YjYzNWY2Y2QzYmQ1YWUyOWEzYmI0MDBhNmVhOFcDbnl0QgoAP_XbR1-zl7KiUhN5Y29tcGFueXNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">the stock market</a> and influence world events, oil superpowers like Exxon were in a similar position not very long ago.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">And second, while it’s hard to imagine Big Tech losing relevance, most people didn’t predict that demand for fossil fuels would start to wane, until <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/Q-qgNy-k2a-OanFGOZwYuQ~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8xMS8wMy9idXNpbmVzcy9lbmVyZ3ktZW52aXJvbm1lbnQvb2lsLXN1cHBseS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIwMDgyNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTY2NiZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05MjEwNTIwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzcwNDMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTE3MzViNjM1ZjZjZDNiZDVhZTI5YTNiYjQwMGE2ZWE4VwNueXRCCgA_9dtHX7OXsqJSE3ljb21wYW55c0BnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">it did</a>. That’s part of the sweeping changes that ushered out the era of Big Oil and started the Big Tech age. Today all of Exxon is worth less than <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/g30ctJjfW5DUBe08YbakdA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmxvb21iZXJnLmNvbS9iaWxsaW9uYWlyZXMvcHJvZmlsZXMvamVmZnJleS1wLWJlem9zLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xNTgmZW1jPWVkaXRfb3RfMjAyMDA4MjcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjE2NjYmbmw9b24tdGVjaC13aXRoLXNoaXJhLW92aWRlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9OTIxMDUyMCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM3MDQzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD0xNzM1YjYzNWY2Y2QzYmQ1YWUyOWEzYmI0MDBhNmVhOFcDbnl0QgoAP_XbR1-zl7KiUhN5Y29tcGFueXNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">Jeff Bezos</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">Exxon’s star faded because the world changed, and it didn’t. The question is whether what happened to Exxon is a warning about the potential vulnerability of today’s tech superpowers — or if it’s the opposite: a sign of how Big Tech is invincible in ways that Exxon wasn’t.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">The <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/-Q2IKgZ8DQ7IYd4OoXhUKg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P4QIAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMTIvMDYvMTAvYm9va3MvcmV2aWV3L3ByaXZhdGUtZW1waXJlLXN0ZXZlLWNvbGxzLWJvb2stYWJvdXQtZXh4b24tbW9iaWwuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xNTgmZW1jPWVkaXRfb3RfMjAyMDA4MjcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjE2NjYmbmw9b24tdGVjaC13aXRoLXNoaXJhLW92aWRlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9OTIxMDUyMCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM3MDQzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD0xNzM1YjYzNWY2Y2QzYmQ1YWUyOWEzYmI0MDBhNmVhOFcDbnl0QgoAP_XbR1-zl7KiUhN5Y29tcGFueXNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">2012 book “Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power</a>” described how the company at its peak helped steer U.S. foreign policy, supported sometimes authoritarian leaders in oil-rich countries and shaped people’s views on important issues like climate change to suit its interests. Its author, Steve Coll, called Exxon the world’s most powerful unelected force, and I’ve wondered for years whether big tech companies are the new Exxon.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">Apple wouldn’t be the company it is today without its<a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/0t4eX6e4NnP9RN0vs6YCow~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOC8wNi8xOC90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2FwcGxlLXRpbS1jb29rLWNoaW5hLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjAwODI3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxNjY2Jm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTkyMTA1MjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNzA0MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9MTczNWI2MzVmNmNkM2JkNWFlMjlhM2JiNDAwYTZlYThXA255dEIKAD_120dfs5eyolITeWNvbXBhbnlzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank"> savvy diplomatic skills in the United States and China to advance its own business interests</a>. Facebook is so influential that it’s a tool <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/G3zssNLNizTAxbe8NuHwtw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8yNS93b3JsZC9hc2lhL3RoYWlsYW5kLWZhY2Vib29rLW1vbmFyY2h5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjAwODI3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxNjY2Jm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTkyMTA1MjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNzA0MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9MTczNWI2MzVmNmNkM2JkNWFlMjlhM2JiNDAwYTZlYThXA255dEIKAD_120dfs5eyolITeWNvbXBhbnlzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">used both against</a> and by<a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/GEnFxxpV9VUt1mnnPqJPvQ~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8yMy93b3JsZC9hc2lhL2NhbWJvZGlhLWZhY2Vib29rLWRpc2luZm9ybWF0aW9uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjAwODI3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxNjY2Jm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTkyMTA1MjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNzA0MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9MTczNWI2MzVmNmNkM2JkNWFlMjlhM2JiNDAwYTZlYThXA255dEIKAD_120dfs5eyolITeWNvbXBhbnlzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank"> authoritarian</a> governments. Google shapes how<a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/l3nNbRLdHaRY8YkG1N5qVg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P4QGAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDcvMjQvdGVjaG5vbG9neS9nbG9iYWwtYW50aXRydXN0LWluc3RpdHV0ZS1nb29nbGUtYW1hem9uLXF1YWxjb21tLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjAwODI3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxNjY2Jm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTkyMTA1MjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNzA0MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9MTczNWI2MzVmNmNkM2JkNWFlMjlhM2JiNDAwYTZlYThXA255dEIKAD_120dfs5eyolITeWNvbXBhbnlzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank"> government regulators</a> and <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/GSLmuTQp_VP6MIQlakltoA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P4QGAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndzai5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZXMvcGF5aW5nLXByb2Zlc3NvcnMtaW5zaWRlLWdvb2dsZXMtYWNhZGVtaWMtaW5mbHVlbmNlLWNhbXBhaWduLTE0OTk3ODUyODY_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjAwODI3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxNjY2Jm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTkyMTA1MjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNzA0MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9MTczNWI2MzVmNmNkM2JkNWFlMjlhM2JiNDAwYTZlYThXA255dEIKAD_120dfs5eyolITeWNvbXBhbnlzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">the public</a> think about antitrust laws. It’s an imperfect comparison, but big tech companies are private empires in some of the same ways as the old Exxon.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">But not long after Coll’s book was published, Exxon’s influence and riches started to decline. The status of the world’s most valuable company shifted to Apple. Exxon and other oil giants mostly missed out on the fracking boom, and on the move away from fossil fuels. Exxon still has influence <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/U7sRhp_NnbEZmbRpZSOKEg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMy8xOC93b3JsZC9hbWVyaWNhcy9ndXlhbmEtb2lsLWV4eG9uLWVsZWN0aW9ucy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIwMDgyNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTY2NiZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05MjEwNTIwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzcwNDMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTE3MzViNjM1ZjZjZDNiZDVhZTI5YTNiYjQwMGE2ZWE4VwNueXRCCgA_9dtHX7OXsqJSE3ljb21wYW55c0BnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">like it did in the old days</a>, but it’s not the same.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">“Time has marched on and these big companies have not been nimble enough,” Clifford Krauss, a New York Times energy correspondent, told me when I asked about the comparison between Big Oil and Big Tech.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">One fundamental difference is that Big Oil’s fate relies on demand for a product that the companies can’t control. The tech industry doesn’t seem to have this essential vulnerability.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">I’ve said here before that many tech executives <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/fl9U0AraZGHVg9UGAMehGA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8zMS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2FtYXpvbi1lYXJuaW5ncy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIwMDgyNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTY2NiZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05MjEwNTIwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzcwNDMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTE3MzViNjM1ZjZjZDNiZDVhZTI5YTNiYjQwMGE2ZWE4VwNueXRCCgA_9dtHX7OXsqJSE3ljb21wYW55c0BnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">live in fear of their companies dying or becoming irrelevant</a>. They’re not thinking about Exxon but about a history of technology in which evolutionary changes have ruined seemingly invincible industry leaders. But while it’s possible to imagine some of the individual tech powers losing relevance — <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/fl9U0AraZGHVg9UGAMehGA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8zMS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2FtYXpvbi1lYXJuaW5ncy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIwMDgyNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTY2NiZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05MjEwNTIwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzcwNDMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTE3MzViNjM1ZjZjZDNiZDVhZTI5YTNiYjQwMGE2ZWE4VwNueXRCCgA_9dtHX7OXsqJSE3ljb21wYW55c0BnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">maybe</a> — it’s much harder to imagine the tech industry overall growing less potent or essential.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">I’ll leave you with two notes of symbolism about Exxon giving way to a dominant tech industry. Exxon is being dropped from the Dow Jones index <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/FKyyZCivVFz7UhzUIBwMQA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P4QyAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBybmV3c3dpcmUuY29tL25ld3MtcmVsZWFzZXMvc2FsZXNmb3JjZWNvbS1hbWdlbi1hbmQtaG9uZXl3ZWxsLWludGVybmF0aW9uYWwtc2V0LXRvLWpvaW4tZG93LWpvbmVzLWluZHVzdHJpYWwtYXZlcmFnZS0zMDExMTczOTUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xNTgmZW1jPWVkaXRfb3RfMjAyMDA4MjcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjE2NjYmbmw9b24tdGVjaC13aXRoLXNoaXJhLW92aWRlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9OTIxMDUyMCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM3MDQzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD0xNzM1YjYzNWY2Y2QzYmQ1YWUyOWEzYmI0MDBhNmVhOFcDbnl0QgoAP_XbR1-zl7KiUhN5Y29tcGFueXNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">because of a technical change</a> necessitated by Apple’s stock getting too expensive. And Exxon’s spot is being taken by a tech company: Salesforce.com.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px"><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:inherit">If you don’t already get this newsletter in your inbox, </span><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:inherit"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/QgyZtYuskXfMI92tLzkVOg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TPaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbmV3c2xldHRlcnMvc2lnbnVwL09UP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIwMDgyNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTY2NiZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05MjEwNTIwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzcwNDMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTE3MzViNjM1ZjZjZDNiZDVhZTI5YTNiYjQwMGE2ZWE4VwNueXRCCgA_9dtHX7OXsqJSE3ljb21wYW55c0BnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">please sign up here</a></span><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:inherit">.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:15px"><br></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:25px;border-top:1px solid #dcdcdc"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><h2 class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1nocmvr" style="color:#000;font:400 27.5px/37.5px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">Tech empires can use their power for good</h2></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/VcLhkEqAdSplVYpu9Hl94w~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8yMy90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2FwcGxlLWFubm91bmNlcy1uZXctcHJpdmFjeS1mZWF0dXJlcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIwMDgyNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTY2NiZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05MjEwNTIwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzcwNDMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTE3MzViNjM1ZjZjZDNiZDVhZTI5YTNiYjQwMGE2ZWE4VwNueXRCCgA_9dtHX7OXsqJSE3ljb21wYW55c0BnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">Apple is changing its rules </a>to make it harder for apps to track what we do on our phones. Google is also <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/May7HyzGAd9MLo48Vk6tbw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P4QQAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZXZlcmdlLmNvbS8yMDIwLzEvMTQvMjEwNjQ2OTgvZ29vZ2xlLXRoaXJkLXBhcnR5LWNvb2tpZXMtY2hyb21lLXR3by15ZWFycy1wcml2YWN5LXNhZmFyaS1maXJlZm94P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIwMDgyNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTY2NiZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05MjEwNTIwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzcwNDMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTE3MzViNjM1ZjZjZDNiZDVhZTI5YTNiYjQwMGE2ZWE4VwNueXRCCgA_9dtHX7OXsqJSE3ljb21wYW55c0BnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">remaking its popular Chrome web browser</a> with a similar goal of limiting the perpetual digital tracking that is a staple of our online lives.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">I’ve said before that <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/uJmhuKH4TuAi4wLypcFaeA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8xNS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2p1c3QtY29sbGVjdC1sZXNzLWRhdGEtcGVyaW9kLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjAwODI3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxNjY2Jm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTkyMTA1MjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNzA0MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9MTczNWI2MzVmNmNkM2JkNWFlMjlhM2JiNDAwYTZlYThXA255dEIKAD_120dfs5eyolITeWNvbXBhbnlzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">digital data surveillance is out of control</a>, and Apple and Google might be powerful enough to single-handedly change the rules for digital privacy. Sometimes we want powerful companies to assert their authority. It should still make us nervous that they have this much authority.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">Here’s what is happening with Apple: Very soon, most people with iPhones will start to see pop-up messages in apps that ask permission to let the app log everything they do on other apps and websites. Apps want this information, in part, to personalize the advertisements we see and to figure out if we’re responding to them.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">I suspect that a lot of people are going to say heck no when they get these messages, meaning fewer companies will be able to compile digital dossiers on us. (There is a <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/Yz2LXuz9ANf5OgTLNtcszg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudm94LmNvbS9yZWNvZGUvMjAyMC84LzI2LzIxNDAyNDU3L2FwcGxlLWZhY2Vib29rLWFkdmVydGlzaW5nLXRyYWNraW5nLWlvczE0P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIwMDgyNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTY2NiZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05MjEwNTIwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzcwNDMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTE3MzViNjM1ZjZjZDNiZDVhZTI5YTNiYjQwMGE2ZWE4VwNueXRCCgA_9dtHX7OXsqJSE3ljb21wYW55c0BnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">good explanation from Recode</a> on what Apple is doing and the potential effects.)</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">Companies tend to find workarounds for most data privacy guidelines, and Apple’s latest change won’t slow down the biggest digital data hogs of all, Google and Facebook. But I think Apple is taking a good step to put more guardrails around companies that try to follow our every move online and in the real world.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">It is also a reminder that in the absence of effective government policy in the United States to limit digital privacy intrusions, we have Apple and Google remaking how the digital world works without input or oversight on this important policy issue.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">I’m glad that these powerful companies are flexing their muscle for what I think is a worthy mission. It also makes me queasy.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:15px"><br></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:25px;border-top:1px solid #dcdcdc"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><h2 class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1nocmvr" style="color:#000;font:400 27.5px/37.5px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">Before we go …</h2></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px"><table style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:0 0 5px;text-align:center"><ul class="m_-1832732806839859413css-mnh0ic" style="color:#333;font:10px georgia,serif;text-align:left;padding-left:50px"><li class="m_-1832732806839859413css-11scvta" style="line-height:27.5px;margin-left:0;margin-bottom:10px"><span style="font-size:17px;line-height:25px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:inherit">Common sense tips to fight the data surveillance machine: </span>My colleague Brian X. Chen <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/3Dp3EmqhnhgJn3A5NrDxMA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8yNi90ZWNobm9sb2d5L3BlcnNvbmFsdGVjaC90aWt0b2stZGF0YS1hcHBzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjAwODI3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIxNjY2Jm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTkyMTA1MjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNzA0MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9MTczNWI2MzVmNmNkM2JkNWFlMjlhM2JiNDAwYTZlYThXA255dEIKAD_120dfs5eyolITeWNvbXBhbnlzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">walks through questions we should ask ourselves</a> when we get all those pop-up requests from apps that want to track what we do. The bottom line: It takes a lot of research and work on our part to be informed consumers in the digital surveillance economy.</span></li><li class="m_-1832732806839859413css-11scvta" style="line-height:27.5px;margin-left:0;margin-bottom:10px"><span style="font-size:17px;line-height:25px;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:inherit">The weird saga of TikTok is even weirder than you thought:</span> Mike Isaac and Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times have <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/pUg9UWY_S93Iv37bNVAxxg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8yNi90ZWNobm9sb2d5L3Rpa3Rva3MtbWljcm9zb2Z0LWRlYWwtc29hcC1vcGVyYS10cnVtcC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIwMDgyNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMTY2NiZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05MjEwNTIwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzcwNDMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTE3MzViNjM1ZjZjZDNiZDVhZTI5YTNiYjQwMGE2ZWE4VwNueXRCCgA_9dtHX7OXsqJSE3ljb21wYW55c0BnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">great back-room details</a> about the U.S. government forcing TikTok to sell at least part of the app company over concerns that it’s a potential conduit for Chinese spying and propaganda. This will be ugly for awhile with everyone involved trying to maximize what they get out of this drama.<span style="display:block;padding-top:10px">Related: TikTok’s C.E.O.<a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/8fRnkD5jCxLsCbsvzFg7SA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhKmD1P0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8yNy90ZWNobm9sb2d5L3Rpa3Rvay1rZXZpbi1tYXllci1yZXNpZ24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xNTgmZW1jPWVkaXRfb3RfMjAyMDA4MjcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjE2NjYmbmw9b24tdGVjaC13aXRoLXNoaXJhLW92aWRlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9OTIxMDUyMCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM3MDQzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD0xNzM1YjYzNWY2Y2QzYmQ1YWUyOWEzYmI0MDBhNmVhOFcDbnl0QgoAP_XbR1-zl7KiUhN5Y29tcGFueXNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" class="m_-1832732806839859413css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank"> quit after just a few months on the job</a>. This soap opera is not what he signed up for.</span></span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:15px"><br></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:25px;border-top:1px solid #dcdcdc"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px"><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:inherit">We want to hear from you. Tell us what you think of this newsletter and what else you’d like us to explore. 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