Meh. Predictable. These people profit from monetizing user data, so of course they want rights to do that. Notice, by the way, that Apple isn't mentioned
Beware of Tech Companies Bearing Privacy Laws Federal regulations are the right idea. But Silicon Valley shouldn’t get to write them. August 28, 2018 https://slate.com/technology/2018/0...aw-is-really-about-protecting-themselves.html
So who's going to stop them? Maybe they'll come up with something about preventing terrorism, or saving children
"Amazon, AT&T, Google push Congress to pass online privacy bill to preempt stronger California law SAN FRANCISCO -- Major companies including Amazon, AT&T, Apple and Google are lobbying Congress to craft legislation that would preempt a first-of-its-kind California privacy law that grants sweeping online protections to consumers..." https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech...l-preempt-stronger-california-law/1432738002/
A federal privacy draft bill could arrive in early 2019 November 28, 2018 https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/28/us-privacy-law-gdpr/
Democrats aren’t buying a proposal for big tech to write its own privacy rules January 14, 2019 https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/14/...crats-amazon-google-facebook-ccpa-coppa-hipaa Information Technology and Innovation Foundation’s (ITIF) Proposal (PDF): http://www2.itif.org/2019-grand-bargain-privacy-one-pager.pdf
Well, actual privacy protection would destroy their business model. And that leverages maybe a few $trillion of market cap. So I'm still dubious.