Top internet companies differ markedly in their commitment to surveillance capitalism.

Evidence

The top five internet companies—Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook—are often regarded as a single entity with similar strategies and interests, but when it comes to surveillance capitalism, this is not the case. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 76

Categorization

• CANDY: A compact, conversation-ready correction of a common assumption that ‘big tech’ is monolithically surveillance-driven.
• XREF: connects to: Fixating on specific firms obscures the underlying patterns of surveillance capitalism — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 757; Surveillance capitalism is economic imperatives, not the technologies they employ — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 62

Broader Connections

• Fixating on specific firms obscures the underlying patterns of surveillance capitalism #qualifies (0.78) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 757
• Surveillance capitalism is economic imperatives, not the technologies they employ #expands (0.72) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 62