Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, digital technology has become crucial as medical consultations, tutoring, professional work, essential shopping, payments, entertainment, etc. have shifted online. It reinforced the role of tech in the modern lifestyle in a compressed timeline. It is no surprise then that technology firms hold seven spots among the top 10 most valued brands in the world. Despite lightning innovation, a few Big Tech companies that got a head start to dominate the technology sector, often through predatory practices, have gathered remarkable clout as users heavily rely on them for their daily acitivities.
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