Once upon a time, the tech industry had little interest in the grubby business of partisan politics. For startup founders and Big Tech executives alike, innovation and growth were the only pursuits deemed worthy of their ilk.
Occasionally, if Washington, D.C., did something that threatened business interests—as was the case with SOPA and Net Neutrality—techies would rally. Otherwise, the debasing act of getting political was a job delegated to the lobbyists.
