Apple Spends Little on Lobbying [Chart]

Silicon Alley Insider takes a look at how much tech companies spend on lobbying.

We decided to take a look at lobbying from tech companies after we ran a chart looking at ad spending for tech companies. (For what it's worth, Google's lobbying is half what it spends on advertising.) Our lobbying data comes from the Senate Office of Public Affairs database. We also graphed lobbying spend as a percent of revenue.

Interestingly, Apple spends the least on lobbying as percent of revenue. SAI suggests that this is because they don't dominate any market other than mp3 players.


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