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WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decried Apple’s recent $200 price hikes on computers and tablets, which the tech giant blamed on a memory chip crunch — and called for breaking up Big Tech.
“We need to break up a lot of these companies that are far, far too big, and we need to be instituting consumer protections for people,”
“We need to break up a lot of these companies that are far, far too big, and we need to be instituting consumer protections for people,” the New York Democrat said.
I guess she's never contemplated the option of just not buying products from companies you think are abusing their market power. AOC must have an iPhone, a Watch, an iPad, and a Mac, and wants a discount.
I think the rest of us need protections from AOC and her merry band of 12 million social media followers, who are more interested in her skincare recommendations than actually understanding her economic policy proposals.
nypost.com