This is not the fault of the Democrats; both major parties are just serving the same interests of those who funded their campaign. What always disappoints is the bunch of empty rhetoric preceding each election. It applies to both sides. The Democrats have already filled the government with former or existing RIAA/MPAA/MAFIAA lawyers (see links here for evidence). To some degree, Microsoft is the same. ⬆
They don't care about the users and issuing a few bytes with random characters costs them next to nothing. It gives them control over billions of human beings.
If even one media outlet told you in 2010 that Microsoft would fall from 100% (of Web requests) to about 1 in 8 Web requests, you'd probably struggle to believe it