When it comes to throwing their muscle around Congress, where does Apple stack up compared to the other big names in tech?
Business Insider has taken a look at the numbers.and the answer is surprising: not that much. In fact, they spend the least of most of the big tech companies when it comes to lobbying a percent of revenue. In fact, compared to Google, which spends half what it spends on advertising on lobbying, Apple’s barely rubbing elbows with politicians at all.
That makes sense though: Google mucks about in the murky waters of privacy, and that means they need to be conscious and have regulators on their side. Apple, by comparison, doesn’t have such a big target painted on their chest… although I imagine that lobbying budget will go up if it seriously looks like the DoJo is going to investigate Apple for anti-trust violations in regards to Adobe’s recent complaints.
[via 9to5Mac]
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
