Yes :)

Why? You think they don’t do lobbying? Their cartels do constitute monopolies in my view

Right, not every firm is a monopoly. Bribing politicians is a necessary maintenance cost of keeping a monopoly. We agree.

Of course. Im just saying i dont believe theyre scared because they know they will continue to have more than enough money for lobbying. Its probably very cheap in comparison to what they get out if it. Any business has necessary maintenance costs

I dont know if that indicates that theyre scared, its just part of the maintenance cost of their empires

This is still a bit of a nightmare. This being illegal will prevent people from showing the recordings publicly, but if they record for private use, no one would prevent them, or even know…

Theres SiYuan that is open source and is in the same spirit as notion, obsidian,… (regarding usability)