Americans Don’t Want Anti-Tech Legislation, Polling Shows
Americans don’t want anti-tech legislation that would make popular products less useful and more expensive.
Polls show that:
— The top concern for Americans across the country is inflation, not tech.
— American consumers and startups value the high-quality, low-cost products and services they receive from tech companies and do not want these services to go away or change.
— Small businesses rely on digital tools to expand their business operations and are concerned about anti-tech bills.
The top concern for Americans across the country is inflation, not tech.
— 68% of Americans believe that inflation is the most critical issue facing them and their household. (Consumer Technology Association, May 2022).
— 94% of surveyed startup owners who started their business during the pandemic said that the most important issue they want the government to focus on is inflation. (Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, March 2022).
— Only 1% of surveyed registered voters said regulating the tech industry is the biggest issue facing the country right now. (NetChoice, January 2022).
American consumers and startups value the high-quality, low-cost products and services they receive from tech companies and do not want these services to go away or change.
— 58% of voters are concerned that the current anti-tech antitrust bills could harm consumers (Chamber of Progress, April 2022).
— 61% of startups created during the pandemic are worried that efforts to regulate tech companies will negatively affect their sales and operations. Having to pay for currently free services, difficulty in growing their clientele, and disruptions in back-end support are some of their concerns. (Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, March 2022).
Small businesses rely on digital tools to expand their business operations and are concerned about anti-tech bills.
— Small businesses say online marketplaces such as Amazon.com help them compete with larger retailers by:
— Making it easier to bring new products to market (64%)
— Increasing access to new markets (59%)
— Lowering the barriers to connecting with new customers (46%) (Connected Commerce Council, May 2022).
— Digital tools empower small business leaders to engage customers and expand their business operations:
— 92% of leaders interviewed use digital tools to engage with customers,
— 87% use them to grow their customer base, and
— 84% of them rely on them to sell products and services (Connected Commerce Council, February 2022).
— 87% of surveyed small business owners and leaders worry that proposed anti-tech laws would make small business digital tools more expensive and less useful. (Connected Commerce Council, February 2022).