@salarua@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoBig Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would havemessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up11.37Karrow-down115file-text
arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1message-squareBig Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have@salarua@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square227fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Zink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoI could absolutely see a not-too-distant future where competitors of megacorps have their assets attacked by the government’s military.
minus-squareConvict45linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThis has already happened many times. It’s just that those “competitors” are usually referred to as “ordinary people.”
minus-square@Zink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoSad upvote. I was thinking more as a mundane mechanism to gain market share though, not necessarily punishment or collateral damage. …but I guess it applies even then. Sigh.
I could absolutely see a not-too-distant future where competitors of megacorps have their assets attacked by the government’s military.
This has already happened many times. It’s just that those “competitors” are usually referred to as “ordinary people.”
Sad upvote.
I was thinking more as a mundane mechanism to gain market share though, not necessarily punishment or collateral damage.
…but I guess it applies even then. Sigh.