Ch. 2 READING QUESTION #2

Give two or more examples of important legislation that relate to U.S. consumers (Solomon pp. 38-42). On your view, is it really necessary for the government to regulate markets for the sake of protecting consumer well-being? Or, conversely, ought consumers be free to make their consumptive choices on their own without government oversight? Explain why or why not. Consider again Galloways critiques of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple. According to the ways Galloway views The Four as harming consumers, in what ways might the regulation of Big Tech serve to protect vulnerable consumers? Do you agree or disagree with his concluding proposal breaking up of big tech (278-79)? Why does he think such extreme market regulations would be necessary and helpful? One common element to the tremendous success of The Four would be their location/GPS tracking capacities. On your view, is locational privacy a concern for you? Or, have you just accepted the fact that your location is being tracked constantly? Consider that this occurs not only via GPSbut also with the expansion of the Internet of Things and its associated millions of cameras and other means of location tracking (see the prior Ch. 1, Solomon pp. 18-20). Regardless of whether or not you view locational privacy, social media addiction, and/or compulsive consumption as real concerns, what might corrective advertising to those that believe they have experienced harm from Big Tech (Solomon p. 41-42) look like from any one or more of Apple, Google, Amazon, or Facebook?