A few months ago, we reported that Apple invested a record $ 7.07 million in lobbying governmental in the first year of the Trump administration. Because it continues at a strong pace in these investments.
O Consumer Watchdog announced yesterday that in the first quarter of 2018, Apple increased by 52.3% your spending on lobbying, getting at $ 2.14 million in the period.
The number is significant, but it is still well below that invested by competitors as Google (US $ 5.02 million, an increase of 42.6%), Amazon (US $ 3.38 million, an increase of 16.6%) and Facebook (US $ 3.3 million, an increase of 2.8%). At a Microsoft, which remained at the same level as the first quarter of 2017, still spent more: US $ 2.3 million.
If everyone keeps this pace, I will obviously beat the investment record registered last year. It was more than $ 50 million.
via Apple World Today
