

With this, they make it "impossible or complicated" for consumers to modify the settings of their app. Moreover, the letter stipulated that big tech companies "used non-public data" for their benefit. Likewise, they complained that it restricts competition. The privacy-focused companies sent a letter to the Congress complaining that the strategies used by these big tech companies "steer consumers away" from competitors.

This only imply that once you use Amazon to search for a product, the top results that would appear are not necessarily products being sold by Amazon. (Photo : LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images) Companies Say Tech Giants Steer Consumers AwayĪccording to CNET, if the bill would be approved, these big tech companies would be ban "from promoting their products on their platforms over their competitors."
