@kevinrns@mstdn.social @randahl@mastodon.social Google chose it because it was threatened to lose government contracts. And making (or breaking) those contracts is still an Executive Branch function... Congress does have the power of the purse, yes, but Congress can't do much if a president makes an executive order to instruct the Executive Branch to cancel all contracts with Alphabet.

As such, IMHO all government contracts are a liability.