Ben Thompson (AKA Stratechery) had a list of questions in his Daily Update that he would ask if he were on the committee. And he did allow for distribution of this list of questions to Congressperson. Here's an edited subset: what would you ask?<p>Tim Cook, Apple
- Do you believe that Apple has been adequately compensated for its role in making smartphones the most indispensable devices in people’s lives? Does Apple deserve more revenue from App developers, including those offering free apps?<p>- Why doesn’t Apple simply charge developers directly for the cost of running the App Store? Has Apple ever considered offering its payment services on other platforms?<p>- Why does Apple allow WeChat to have a store-like interface for mini-apps, but does not allow the same for Facebook and other U.S. companies?<p>Jeff Bezos, Amazon
- Does Amazon require most-favored nation clauses with its suppliers? If not, does it implicitly enforce them through forced renegotiations?<p>- How does Amazon police counterfeit products on its site? Does its approach to counterfeits change based on its relationship with a particular brand?<p>- Does Amazon use individual AWS data to inform what services it decides to build for AWS?<p>Sundar Pichai, Google
- Larry Page once said that Google’s goal was to get users off the site as soon as possible and to their destination; now nearly half of a typical results page is devoted to Google-centric information (answer boxes, ads, etc.). Has Google’s goal changed?<p>- Why did Google end last-look bidding on its ad exchanges? What percentage of bids does Google win on its own ad exchanges?<p>- Does Google leverage data from Android and Chrome while bidding on its ad exchanges? Is that data available to third-parties?<p>Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
- Why did you believe that Instagram was worth $1 billion in 2012?<p>- Does Facebook believe that Apple and Google are uncompetitively restricting Facebook’s ability to compete on iOS and Android?