public company

Comcast

A public broadband, cable, wireless, and media conglomerate operating Xfinity and NBCUniversal assets. Comcast provides necessary connectivity but scores low because local broadband power, fees, data collection, subscription bundling, and media concentration make the relationship highly asymmetric.

Why this matters: Internet access is a basic utility-like need, so the directory needs major ISP competitors beside platforms and telecoms.

Letter grade F Malignant Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Last reviewed May 11, 2026

Final Score -5* F - Malignant

FMALIGNANT-5 pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material10

Bonus+0

Cap35Ownership <= 2 and Governance <= 2

After Cap10

Penalties-15

Private Government badge

Comcast receives the Private Government badge because it combines large-scale private rule-setting over customers, workers, users, members, or counterparties with OpenLobby-documented lobbying of about $235K on public policy issues.

Evidence: [9]

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Evaluation Overview

F - Malignant

The score turns mainly on Product Integrity, with the largest penalty coming from Policy Capture.

Strengths

Product Integrity3/5
Ownership1/10
Governance1/10

Penalties

Policy Capture-4
Subscription Capture-4
Surveillance Capture-4
Accountability Opacity-2

Evidence state

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Linked claims9
Direct axis claims8
Coverage8/14

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	1 / 10	Comcast is a shareholder-governed public company with Roberts-family voting influence, so customer and worker power are structurally weak against corporate control. Comcast is a shareholder-governed public company with Roberts-family voting influence, so customer and worker power are structurally weak against corporate control. That keeps Comcast low on Ownership: decisive control remains with shareholders, private owners, executives, or state insiders rather than affected people. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence Comcast is a shareholder-governed public company with Roberts-family voting influence, so customer and worker power are structurally weak against corporate control. [1]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	1 / 10	Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. That keeps Comcast low on Governance: ordinary users, workers, customers, or affected communities cannot change the rules that govern them. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence context Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. [2] context Comcast is a shareholder-governed public company with Roberts-family voting influence, so customer and worker power are structurally weak against corporate control. [1] context Comcast broadband and cable customers often face limited local ISP competition, bundling, equipment fees, and switching friction that make the deal structurally asymmetric. [3] context Comcast’s broadband, cable, streaming, mobile, and service bundles rely on recurring subscriptions, promotional pricing, equipment fees, and cancellation friction. [4] context Comcast privacy materials describe collection and use of account, network, device, browsing, viewing, advertising, and location-related data across broadband, cable, mobile, and media services. [5] context Comcast pricing, bundles, fees, advertising data, and network-management practices are difficult for ordinary customers to evaluate across services. [6]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	1 / 10	Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. That keeps Comcast low on Extraction: the business model makes extraction from workers, users, suppliers, customers, or the public central rather than incidental. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence context Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. [2] context Comcast is a shareholder-governed public company with Roberts-family voting influence, so customer and worker power are structurally weak against corporate control. [1] context Comcast broadband and cable customers often face limited local ISP competition, bundling, equipment fees, and switching friction that make the deal structurally asymmetric. [3] context Comcast’s broadband, cable, streaming, mobile, and service bundles rely on recurring subscriptions, promotional pricing, equipment fees, and cancellation friction. [4] context Comcast privacy materials describe collection and use of account, network, device, browsing, viewing, advertising, and location-related data across broadband, cable, mobile, and media services. [5] context Comcast pricing, bundles, fees, advertising data, and network-management practices are difficult for ordinary customers to evaluate across services. [6]
Labor Sovereignty ? Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.	1 / 7	Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. That keeps Comcast low on Labor Sovereignty: labor remains managerially controlled, replaceable, or exposed to coercive employment and contracting conditions. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence context Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. [2] context Comcast is a shareholder-governed public company with Roberts-family voting influence, so customer and worker power are structurally weak against corporate control. [1] context Comcast broadband and cable customers often face limited local ISP competition, bundling, equipment fees, and switching friction that make the deal structurally asymmetric. [3] context Comcast’s broadband, cable, streaming, mobile, and service bundles rely on recurring subscriptions, promotional pricing, equipment fees, and cancellation friction. [4] context Comcast privacy materials describe collection and use of account, network, device, browsing, viewing, advertising, and location-related data across broadband, cable, mobile, and media services. [5] context Comcast pricing, bundles, fees, advertising data, and network-management practices are difficult for ordinary customers to evaluate across services. [6]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	1 / 7	Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. That keeps Comcast low on Solidarity with the Unemployed: the model provides little protection for people who leave, are excluded, or cannot bargain from employment. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence context Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. [2] context Comcast is a shareholder-governed public company with Roberts-family voting influence, so customer and worker power are structurally weak against corporate control. [1] context Comcast broadband and cable customers often face limited local ISP competition, bundling, equipment fees, and switching friction that make the deal structurally asymmetric. [3] context Comcast’s broadband, cable, streaming, mobile, and service bundles rely on recurring subscriptions, promotional pricing, equipment fees, and cancellation friction. [4] context Comcast privacy materials describe collection and use of account, network, device, browsing, viewing, advertising, and location-related data across broadband, cable, mobile, and media services. [5] context Comcast pricing, bundles, fees, advertising data, and network-management practices are difficult for ordinary customers to evaluate across services. [6]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	1 / 7	Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. That keeps Comcast low on Loss-Bearing Fidelity: losses, hazards, or adjustment costs are routinely pushed onto workers, customers, suppliers, communities, or the public. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence context Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. [2] context Comcast is a shareholder-governed public company with Roberts-family voting influence, so customer and worker power are structurally weak against corporate control. [1] context Comcast broadband and cable customers often face limited local ISP competition, bundling, equipment fees, and switching friction that make the deal structurally asymmetric. [3] context Comcast’s broadband, cable, streaming, mobile, and service bundles rely on recurring subscriptions, promotional pricing, equipment fees, and cancellation friction. [4] context Comcast privacy materials describe collection and use of account, network, device, browsing, viewing, advertising, and location-related data across broadband, cable, mobile, and media services. [5] context Comcast pricing, bundles, fees, advertising data, and network-management practices are difficult for ordinary customers to evaluate across services. [6]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	0 / 5	Comcast broadband and cable customers often face limited local ISP competition, bundling, equipment fees, and switching friction that make the deal structurally asymmetric. Comcast broadband and cable customers often face limited local ISP competition, bundling, equipment fees, and switching friction that make the deal structurally asymmetric. That keeps Comcast low on Market Conduct: market power, lock-in, coercive pricing, or exclusionary conduct is a major part of the institution's position. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence Comcast broadband and cable customers often face limited local ISP competition, bundling, equipment fees, and switching friction that make the deal structurally asymmetric. [3]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	3 / 5	Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. That places Comcast in the middle of Product Integrity: the product has real use value but is compromised by incentives, monetization, lock-in, quality degradation, or risk. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Linked evidence Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. [2]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	1 / 5	Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. That keeps Comcast low on Scale Integrity: scale magnifies harm, gatekeeping, opacity, or extraction rather than disciplining it. The value is above zero only where the linked record still shows some real function, constraint, or public value on this axis. Linked evidence context Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal. [2] context Comcast is a shareholder-governed public company with Roberts-family voting influence, so customer and worker power are structurally weak against corporate control. [1] context Comcast broadband and cable customers often face limited local ISP competition, bundling, equipment fees, and switching friction that make the deal structurally asymmetric. [3] context Comcast’s broadband, cable, streaming, mobile, and service bundles rely on recurring subscriptions, promotional pricing, equipment fees, and cancellation friction. [4] context Comcast privacy materials describe collection and use of account, network, device, browsing, viewing, advertising, and location-related data across broadband, cable, mobile, and media services. [5] context Comcast pricing, bundles, fees, advertising data, and network-management practices are difficult for ordinary customers to evaluate across services. [6]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Policy Capture ? Private-interest attempts to bend law, regulation, subsidies, taxes, enforcement, trade, labor, safety, competition, environmental, healthcare, housing, surveillance, civil-liberties, or consumer policy against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, or ecological life. Public-interest advocacy is not penalized merely because it is lobbying. Range: -15 to 0.	-4	OpenLobby records COMCAST CORPORATION lobbying on communications, technology, copyright / patents / trademarks, tax with about $235K in spending across 14 filings; the reviewed filings… OpenLobby records COMCAST CORPORATION lobbying on communications, technology, copyright / patents / trademarks, tax with about $235K in spending across 14 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role. That warrants a limited Policy Capture penalty because private institutional pressure is being applied to public rules while affected people cannot democratically govern that agenda. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Linked evidence OpenLobby records COMCAST CORPORATION lobbying on communications, technology, copyright / patents / trademarks, tax with about $235K in spending across 14 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role. [8]
Subscription Capture ? Manipulative recurring-payment, automatic-renewal, cancellation-friction, bundling, trial-conversion, or refund designs that profit from inertia or confusion. Range: -5 to 0.	-4	Comcast’s broadband, cable, streaming, mobile, and service bundles rely on recurring subscriptions, promotional pricing, equipment fees, and cancellation friction. Comcast’s broadband, cable, streaming, mobile, and service bundles rely on recurring subscriptions, promotional pricing, equipment fees, and cancellation friction. That warrants a severe Subscription Capture penalty because recurring-payment design profits from inertia, confusion, bundling, renewal friction, or cancellation difficulty. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Linked evidence Comcast’s broadband, cable, streaming, mobile, and service bundles rely on recurring subscriptions, promotional pricing, equipment fees, and cancellation friction. [4]
Accountability Opacity ? Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.	-2	Comcast pricing, bundles, fees, advertising data, and network-management practices are difficult for ordinary customers to evaluate across services. Comcast pricing, bundles, fees, advertising data, and network-management practices are difficult for ordinary customers to evaluate across services. That warrants a severe Accountability Opacity penalty because material facts, risks, conflicts, ownership, or accountability information are obscured from the public. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Linked evidence Comcast pricing, bundles, fees, advertising data, and network-management practices are difficult for ordinary customers to evaluate across services. [6]
Surveillance Capture ? Invasive surveillance, unreasonably non-optional tracking, facial recognition, biometric identification, or AI behavior scanning of customers, workers, bystanders, or the public. Range: -5 to 0.	-4	Comcast privacy materials describe collection and use of account, network, device, browsing, viewing, advertising, and location-related data across broadband, cable, mobile, and media services. Comcast privacy materials describe collection and use of account, network, device, browsing, viewing, advertising, and location-related data across broadband, cable, mobile, and media services. That warrants a severe Surveillance Capture penalty because customers, workers, users, bystanders, or the public are exposed to invasive tracking, biometrics, or behavior scanning. The value is near the floor because the conduct appears central, large-scale, repeated, or institutionally powerful rather than incidental. Linked evidence Comcast privacy materials describe collection and use of account, network, device, browsing, viewing, advertising, and location-related data across broadband, cable, mobile, and media services. [5]
Ideological Disavowal ? Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.	-1	Comcast retains conduct relevant to the Ideological Disavowal penalty: it presents broadband, cable, advertising, and media concentration as ordinary service administration while exercising contested infrastructure and attention power. Comcast retains conduct relevant to the Ideological Disavowal penalty: it presents broadband, cable, advertising, and media concentration as ordinary service administration while exercising contested infrastructure and attention power. That warrants a limited Ideological Disavowal penalty because the institution presents situated, contested choices as neutrality, expertise, inevitability, safety, or common sense. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Linked evidence Comcast retains conduct relevant to the Ideological Disavowal penalty: it presents broadband, cable, advertising, and media concentration as ordinary service administration while exercising contested infrastructure and attention power. [7]

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Confidence Basis

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Medium 76/100

8 verified linked claims 8 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 8/14 components covered

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Claim confidence 17/20

8 verified linked claims

Source quality 15/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 9/18

8 direct claims across 14 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 6/10

8/14 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)

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Claims and Sources

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* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

1Comcast is a shareholder-governed public company with Roberts-family voting influence, so customer and worker power are structurally weak against corporate control.

Ownership Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

Comcast annual reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%

2Comcast provides broadband, cable television, wireless, advertising, theme-park, studio, and media services through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and NBCUniversal.

Product Integrity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

Comcast annual reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%

3Comcast broadband and cable customers often face limited local ISP competition, bundling, equipment fees, and switching friction that make the deal structurally asymmetric.

Market Conduct Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

Comcast annual reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%

4Comcast’s broadband, cable, streaming, mobile, and service bundles rely on recurring subscriptions, promotional pricing, equipment fees, and cancellation friction.

Subscription Capture Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

Comcast annual reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%

5Comcast privacy materials describe collection and use of account, network, device, browsing, viewing, advertising, and location-related data across broadband, cable, mobile, and media services.

Surveillance Capture Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

Xfinity Privacy PolicyOfficial self-description · 68%

6Comcast pricing, bundles, fees, advertising data, and network-management practices are difficult for ordinary customers to evaluate across services.

Accountability Opacity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

Xfinity Privacy PolicyOfficial self-description · 68%
Comcast annual reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%

7Comcast retains conduct relevant to the Ideological Disavowal penalty: it presents broadband, cable, advertising, and media concentration as ordinary service administration while exercising contested infrastructure and attention power.

Ideological Disavowal Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

Comcast annual reportsPrimary institutional record · 90%

8OpenLobby records COMCAST CORPORATION lobbying on communications, technology, copyright / patents / trademarks, tax with about $235K in spending across 14 filings; the reviewed filings document private institutional lobbying over public rules rather than a public-interest advocacy role.

Policy Capture Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

OpenLobby — COMCAST CORPORATION lobbying profileGeneral web source · 58%

9Comcast receives the Private Government badge because it combines large-scale private rule-setting over customers, workers, users, members, or counterparties with OpenLobby-documented lobbying of about $235K on public policy issues.

Private Government Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 11, 2026

AI scaffold

OpenLobby — COMCAST CORPORATION lobbying profileGeneral web source · 58%

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