If I didn't know better, I would say this is a reaction to "nouveau riche" companies. When was the last time that the BBC proposed reining-in banks or oil companies despite clear consumer antipathy? Even after LIBOR, the 2008 crisis, Deepwater Horizon and HSBC cartel laundering, no one suggested these companies were to big, outside of the phrase "too big to fail". They were punished by being bailed out or given a nominal fine, but these uppity tech companies ought to be broken up.
Perhaps they are "too big", but only because they isn't a revolving door between tech companies and the corridors of power (yet?)
Perhaps they are "too big", but only because they isn't a revolving door between tech companies and the corridors of power (yet?)