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Raskin asks if subscription model is unfair to smaller devs. Cook says there are 1.7m apps on the store, which Raskin says might just underscore the monopoly of the app store -- there's nowhere else for their to go. Cook does his riff about developers writing for Xbox instead. — PolitiTweet.org
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Raskin asks Cook to explain when and why Apple charges 30 percent vs 15 percent. Cook explains the subscription system that drops the fee to 15 percent in the second year. — PolitiTweet.org
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Raskin now hitting Citizens United, and the hypocrisy of supporting unlimited corporate political spending and then being mad at corporate political spending. — PolitiTweet.org
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Raskin now saying Gaetz is doing "victimology," tells him to look at Facebook's top-ranking posts. "If Facebook is trying to suppress conservative speech, they are doing an horrible job at it. I don't understand the endless whining." Getting spicy at the end here. — PolitiTweet.org
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Gaetz now asking Zuck if Ben Carson is an extremist. We are just in the circus again. — PolitiTweet.org
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Gaetz asks Bezos if Ben Carson is an extremist. So much for focus. It was a good 8 minute run. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sundar says the costs of ads is the lowest in 40 years, proof there is "dynamism" in the market. Armstrong says Google uses privacy as a shield for policy changes, but it's a "cudgel to beat down the competition." — PolitiTweet.org
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Google limited the interoperability of other ad tools, notes Armstrong. Pichai says this tracks with how Snap, Facebook etc handle ad buying. Armstrong says "but the data still exists and you have it." This is the best exchange on Google's ad monopoly yet. — PolitiTweet.org
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Rep Armstrong up now, asking granular question about Google restricting YouTube ads to Google's own buying tools. Rs on the committee suddenly done grandstanding and in the weeds! — PolitiTweet.org
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Nadler asking about the Hey email app. @dhh here's your moment. Cook says Hey is in the store now, as though it compromised on anything. — PolitiTweet.org
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Nadler asks if Apple will monetize online learning tools. Cook says they are not, Apple is very proud of education work, "we will work with people who have to move from a physical to a virtual world during the pandemic." Goes over Apple's general COVID efforts. — PolitiTweet.org
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Nadler asks Cook if he's profiteering during a pandemic by charging fees to companies that are selling virtual goods now. Cook says 84 percent of the apps on the store are distributed for free, only 16 percent is subject to a commission. — PolitiTweet.org
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So proud of this lil haircut for asking a relevant question — PolitiTweet.org
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Gaetz asks Zuck asked about emails where the CFO referred to a "digital land grab" strategy of acquisition. Zuck wants to correct the record, he just wants to help people connect. Gaetz stays focused(!) and asks about Zuck emailing he can always buy startups. — PolitiTweet.org
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BTW this is Steube, who is asking a question and "opening it up to any of you." No one responds, which is wildly relatable to anyone who's run a Zoom meeting. — PolitiTweet.org
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Bezos had to be reminded to unmute there. Drink! — PolitiTweet.org
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Cook says he doesn't know of any cases where China has stolen Apple tech. Pichai says he has no firsthand knowledge of info stolen from Google. Zuck says well-documented Chinese gov steals tech from American companies. Bezos hasn't seen it personally but has heard reports. — PolitiTweet.org
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Zuckerberg is "not familiar" with the Facebook Research App. (You will recall that Apple actually pulled Facebook's enterprise certificate over this, making a bunch of internal Facebook apps useless. Zuck remembers this.) https://t.co/HtqrDpJt7K — PolitiTweet.org
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Zuck would not characterize Onavo getting kicked out of the App Store as collecting data, says Facebook pulled the app from the App Store after Apple changed rules. Six of one, etc — PolitiTweet.org
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Rep Johnson asking about Facebook data collection, and whether Facebook's data tools allow them to see how people use competing products. Johnson has emails to Zuck asking to improve data so Facebook could tell "friend from foe" after which Facebook bought the Onavo VPN. — PolitiTweet.org
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Gaetz going after the Southern Policy Law Center now, which Amazon uses to vet charities that work with Amazon Smile. Bezos says he would be open to suggestions. — PolitiTweet.org
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Gaetz is trying very hard to get his own viral video moment out of this, but like... Pichai just isn't that personality. Too chill. — PolitiTweet.org
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Gaetz up, doing his best gotcha question attempt about Google executives being sad about Trump winning the election. — PolitiTweet.org
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Cicilline asking why Facebook shouldn't be held to the same liability standards as TV stations, which is basically a 230 reform question. Zuck says they follow FCC guidelines around political ads. "Facebook gets away with it because you are the only game in town," says Cicilline. — PolitiTweet.org
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Zuck says Cicilline is wrong to say that harmful content is good for Facebook, and that he doesn't think about likes or shares in the moment. — PolitiTweet.org
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Cicilline going through disinformation that's been some of Facebook's most-engaged-with content. This is the @kevinroose Question Gauntlet — PolitiTweet.org
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Cicilline asks Zuck if he has a responsibility to remove harmful lies from Facebook. "I do not believe we have any incentive to have this content on our platform," says Zuck, which Cicilline rejects. "Except it's often the most engaging," he says. — PolitiTweet.org
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McBath says all of this is "fundamentally unfair." Seems like Cook's time is here from the Dems. Cicilline going to a third round of questions. — PolitiTweet.org
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McBath brings up Random House declining to be in the iBooks store and an email from Eddy Cue rejecting its competing app to pressure it to put its books in the iBook store. Cook claims he can't see the email she's referencing. Sure. — PolitiTweet.org
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Cook explains again that Apple was worried about MDM used on kids phones, but Rep McBath says the timing was sus. Cook says there is vibrant competition for parental controls out there. — PolitiTweet.org
